The Delhi Police have arrested one Mohammad Adil Hussaini, the brother of Akhtar Hussain Qutubuddin Ahmed – who posed as a scientist at the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) and travelled abroad under
multiple fake identities.
According to the details, 59-year-old Mohammad Adil Hussaini, who was earlier deemed dead as declared by his brother, was arrested for his alleged involvement in espionage activities, including links with a foreign-based nuclear scientist.
He was also known to have links with a passport racket operating from Jamshedpur in Jharkhand.
Earlier, in an attempt to misguide the police, Akhtar Hussain Qutubuddin Ahmed had told them that his brother Adil Hussaini had died.
However, with Adil’s arrest, news agency PTI quoted an official as saying that Mohammad Adil Hussaini is also known by the names Syed Adil Hussain, Nasimuddin and Syed Adil Hussaini, and that he was apprehended from Seemapuri in Delhi two days ago.
The report quoted a police source as saying that the accused was in touch with a nuclear scientist based abroad and had travelled to several countries, including Pakistan.
He obtained three identity cards of a sensitive installation using forged documents, the source claimed.
Additional Commissioner of Police (Special Cell) Pramod Singh Kushwah said that Adil is a resident of Tata Nagar, Jamshedpur.
“Adil and his brother Akhtar Hussaini are suspected of supplying sensitive information to foreign countries and procuring multiple Indian passports using forged documents,” the officer said.
The entire network was allegedly being operated from Jamshedpur, where fake identity cards and passports were being prepared with the help of counterfeit documents.
During the search, police seized one original and two forged passports from Adil’s possession. He was arrested in a case registered under Sections 61(2) (Criminal conspiracy), 318 (Cheating), 338 (Forgery of valuable security, will, etc) and 340 (Forged document or electronic record and using it as genuine) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita on October 26, the Additional CP added.
Investigating teams were verifying how many people were issued fake passports through the network.
Meanwhile, Adil was produced in a court, which sent him to seven days of police custody for further interrogation.
ADIL’s BROTHER AKHTAR WAS ARRESTED EARLIER
Sixty-year-old Akhtar Hussain Qutubuddin Ahmed was earlier arrested in Mumbai for allegedly posing as a BARC scientist.
Charges against him also included travelling abroad under multiple fake identities.
He was taken into custody on October 17 by the Mumbai Police Crime Branch’s Crime Intelligence Unit and was remanded in police custody till October 24.
During a raid at his residence in Versova, the police recovered two fake BARC identity cards, one bearing the name Alexander Palmer and another as Ali Raza Hussain, along with forged educational degrees, fake passports, maps, pendrives, and mobile phones.
Investigators also found multiple fake mark sheets for Class 10 and 12, degrees in BSc, BTech and MBA, and multiple experience letters, all under the alias Alexander Palmer.
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