Alibag, Feb 23 (PTI) Two government officials have been arrested in Maharashtra's Raigad district for allegedly taking a bribe of Rs 25,000, an official said on Friday.

Based on a complaint, the Navi Mumbai anti-corruption bureau (ACB) laid a trap and caught one of the accused officials while accepting the bribe amount on Thursday, the official said.

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The complainant alleged that an assistant engineer demanded Rs 30,000 to prepare an estimate for development works for a village under the Uran Panchayat Samiti, he said.

The complainant was instructed to hand over the bribe money to another assistant engineer from the Raigad Zilla Parishad, the official said.

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The two officials have been arrested under the Prevention of Corruption Act, he said.

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