A case has been registered against a village sarpanch and two others for allegedly demanding a bribe of Rs 1.5 lakh to issue a no objection certificate (NOC), an official from the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) said on Friday, reported the PTI.

An offence under the Prevention of Corruption Act has been registered against sarpanch Reshma Sadanand Patil of Dive (Anjur) village in Bhiwandi in Thane district, panchayat member Akash Janardhan Mhatre and the sarpanch's husband Sadanand Patil, Deputy Superintendent of Police ACB Thane in Maharashtra, Madhavi Rajekumbhar said.