India, Dec. 16 -- The Mumbai Crime Branch has filed a 689-page charge-sheet in the fake Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) scientist case. Crime Branch sources said they had charge-sheeted the main accused, Akthar Qutubuddin Hussaini, who posed as a BARC scientist, and co-accused Munazzir Nazimuddin Khan who helped him forge documents, including three passports. The police said they had also attached a letter from BARC, supporting their case that Hussaini had nothing to do with the institution.

The charge-sheet has been filed under Sections 319 (cheating by personation), 336 (forgery), 337 (forgery of record of court or of public register etc), 338 (forgery of valuable security, wills, and other critical documents), 339 (possessing a f...