The Anti-Corruption Bureau has arrested an official of the Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company (MSEDCL) here for allegedly taking a bribe of Rs 30,000 from a contractor, officials said.

Deputy executive engineer Gajanan Baliram Dabre (54), posted at Khapa sub-station in Nagpur''s Saoner tehsil, had sought the money from the contractor to accept a report of completion of shifting of some high tension power lines, the ACB said in a release on Tuesday.