An official on Saturday said that a medical officer and another employee of the Mira Bhayandar Municipal Corporation were arrested by the Anti-Corruption Bureau for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 4,000 for granting permission to set up a pathological laboratory, reported news agency PTI.

The duo, identified as Multipurpose Health Worker (MHO) Nilesh Rathod and Dr Birappa Tipanna Dudhbhate working with the Mira Bhayandar Municipal Corporation health department, were booked under the Prevention of Corruption Act, reported PTI.