Two officials of Gujarat’s Food and Drugs Department, including an Assistant Commissioner, were caught by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) while allegedly accepting Rs 40,000 in connection with the processing of a new wholesale drug licence in Bharuch on Tuesday.

The accused have been identified as 54-year-old Prakashbhai Posnani, Assistant Commissioner of the Food and Drugs Department in Bharuch, a Class-I officer, and 29-year-old Surbhiben Desai, a Drug Inspector and Assistant Commissioner in the department, a Class-II officer.