Thane:
A woman sarpanch from Vasai tehsil district was arrested on Saturday by the anti-corruption bureau on the charge of accepting bribe through a bearer cheque.
According to the Deputy Superintendent of Police Jairaj Chapria, the sarpanch of Chandrapada gram-panchayat, Shakuntala Patil, had demanded Rs 1,50,000 for giving tax receipts to tenants of a chawl.
Later she hiked the amount to Rs 2,50,000.
She was arrested by the ACB while accepting a bearer's cheque of Rs 2,50,000 from the complainant.
A case under the Prevention of Corruption Act was registered against her at the local Waliv police station.