A police constable and his aide have been arrested for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 50,000 from a man to permit him to sell narcotics in Maharashtra's Thane district, an official said on Saturday, reported news agency PTI.

The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) arrested Pandurang Sagle (34), a constable with the Tulinj police station, and a vendor who accepted the bribe on his behalf on Friday, inspector Vijay Kawle of Thane ACB said, reported PTI.