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KOLKATA: A scientist employed with the Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute (CMERI) in Durgapur was arrested by the Durgapur police under Official Secrets Act for allegedly leaking some documents. "We found evidence against the scientist and arrested him," claimed Modi.Hirani claimed, "We had not named any scientist in our FIR. Based on the advice of CSIR, CMERI lodged the FIR. "We have arrested him based on an FIR lodged last year," said Asansol Durgapur commissioner Laxmi Narayan Meena.Bhattacharya claimed he was being framed by the CMERI authorities. Thirty-four-year-old Rudra Pratap Bhattacharya is a resident of Dum Dum.He was arrested late on Sunday and produced in a court, which remanded him in police custody..