Akram received wide local and national media coverage for his `heroism' and was being honoured by a number of organisations.

However, ex-army officers like Major N M Poovai and Major Gen (Retd) Karumbaiah began to suspect the credentials of Akram as they felt that there were a lot of inconsistencies in his statements.

Detailed enquiries by Maj Gen (Retd) Karumbaiah revealed that Akram was a sepoy working as a cook in the army canteen of Engineering Regiment, Ranchi, and he was injured due to an accidental while cooking.

Others who wanted to felicitate Akram have cancelled the programmes.