A district deputy registrar (DDR) and a head clerk of the cooperative department have been arrested for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 40,000 from members of a housing society in Maharashtra's Raigad district, an official said.

The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) laid a trap on Monday night (September 27) and caught DDR Gopal Mavale and head clerk Suhas Davate while accepting the bribe amount, the official said. According to the ACB, a Roha-based housing society had approached the DDR office for registration, and the accused official had registered it, but kept the verification pending.