Two panchayat officials from Maharashtra's Thane district were arrested for allegedly taking a bribe of Rs 20,000.

Inspector Swapnil Juikar told PTI that based on a complaint, officials of the Thane Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Thursday arrested Sudesh Bhaskar (56), a section engineer with the water supply department of Supegaon village panchayat, and gram sevak Jayesh Thorat (49).