A laboratory assistant from a school in Latur district in Maharashtra has been arrested for allegedly taking a bribe of Rs 400 from a woman who needed her sister`s school leaving certificate, an official told PTI on Wednesday.

The woman had sought her sister`s school leaving certificate to help her avail of the benefit under the government`s ``Majhi Ladki Bahin` scheme, which provides those eligible with a monthly allowance of Rs 1,500.