THANE: An executive engineer from the Thane division of the PWD was arrested by anti-corruption bureau officials for demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 1.5 lakh late on Wednesday.
Balkrishna Zodge was arrested in his office while accepting the money from a PWD contractor, Sunil Jadhav. ACB sleuths said Zodge demanded Rs 3 lakh to clear Jadhav's bills of Rs 30 lakh.
A search of his residential and office premises was being carried out till late evening.