BARK Fake Scientist Case: Fake scientists caught in Mumbai were trying to sell fake nuclear reactor designs to Iranian companies. They were claiming that they had developed a fusion reactor running on Lithium-6.
Mumbai Fake Scientist Case Update: A big revelation has come to light in the fake scientist case arrested in Mumbai. According to the investigating agencies, 60-year-old Akhtar Hussaini Qutubuddin Ahmed, who claimed to be a senior scientist of Bhabha Atomic Research Center (BARC), was trying to sell nuclear design and reactor technology to Iranian companies along with his brother Adil Hussaini. This deal was being done in the name of scientific cooperation and research partnership. The matter is not just about fraud, but is a threat to national security.
How was the entire plan made?
For the past few years, Akhtar and his brother had been trying to convince the world that they had designed a Lithium-6 based fusion reactor. This is the same technology which has the potential to become a source of immense energy production in the future. He impressed people by using scientific language such as ‘nuclear reactor physics’, ‘plasma heat control’ and ‘isotope chemistry’. Both of them made fake BARC ID cards, fake passports and other documents so that no one could suspect anything. Not only this, they went to Tehran, reached the Iranian Embassy and also trapped an Iranian diplomat in Mumbai.
What were the revelations?
Scientists investigated and found that the reactor plan was only on paper and in a computer model; in fact, there was no scientific evidence available for it. The story of the failure of the Lithium-7 reactor that he told was completely fabricated, because Lithium-7 is not used in the fusion reaction. That is, the entire scientific claim was related to lies, illusions and fake technical terms.
More than 10 blueprints and nuclear data recovered
Mumbai Police has recovered more than 10 nuclear blueprints, reactor design and weapons related data from Akhtar. Many fake identity cards were also found along with it, in which his name was written somewhere as Ali Raza and somewhere as Alexander Palmer. The investigating agencies are also admitting that they were receiving funding from abroad since 1995. In the initial years he received lakhs, and after 2000 this funding reached crores. That means, an attempt was being made to take out India’s nuclear secrets in exchange for money.
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