Jaipur, Aug 6 (PTI) Four government employees were arrested by the anti-corruption bureau in a case of graft in Rajasthan's Alwar district, officials said on Thursday.

A team of ACB nabbed the executive engineer of Behror Nagar Palika Manisha Yadav, junior engineer Virendra Yadv, revenue inspector Sanjeev Sharam and cashier Yashoda Nandan Sharam.

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They had been demanding a bribe of Rs 85,000 from a contractor to pass his pending bills against the works his firm did, the officials said.

After verification of the complaint, a trap was laid and the accused were held while taking the bribe amount, they said.

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They have been arrested under the Prevention of Corruption Act.

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