Thane crime: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) in Maharashtra on Thursday arrested a 45-year-old police official from Thane district for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 30,000 from a man facing a criminal case, an official said, the PTI reported on Thursday.

According to the news agency, the cop of a hawaldar rank, Santosh Arjun More, initially demanded Rs 40,000 from the complainant against whom a case has been registered at the Shahapur police station, the ACB said in a statement.