Jaipur, Jan 7 (PTI) A team of the Anti-Corruption Bureau has arrested a sarpanch and a middleman engaged by him for allegedly taking a bribe of Rs 1.80 lakh in Rajasthan's Tonk district, police said on Sunday.

The sarpanch of Sitarampura Gram Panchayat Samiti of Malpura Pradeep Sharma was accused of demanding a bribe of Rs 2 lakh from the complainant for passing supply and development work bills, Rajasthan ACB Additional Director General Hemant Priyadarshi (Acting Director General) said.

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The complaint was verified and it was found that the accused had agreed to settle the deal for Rs 1.80 lakh, Priyadarshi said in a statement.

He said the ACB team caught Sarpanch Sharma and middleman Ramnaresh Saini red-handed while taking the bribe.

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The ACB official said searches are being conduced at the residence of the accused and other places belonging to them. The bureau will register a case under the Prevention of Corruption Act and conduct further investigation, he added.

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