An imposter has been booked for posing as an assistant scientist with the Board of Radiation and Isotope Technology (BRIT) and issuing certificates to at least two private companies for screening a radioactive element in their products. APMC cops filed a case in the matter on February 2 following a complaint from BRIT. No arrest made yet.

The fraud came to light on September 13, 2021 after BRIT officials received a mail from the Atomic Energy Department through Bhabha Atomic Research Centre that they have come across a person named Y G Shekhar, a resident of Tamil Nadu, who claims to be an assistant scientist in BRIT and issues certificates to private companies for screening of Iridium, a radioactive element, in their products. BRIT officials immediately launched an investigation and approached the police with the report.