A laboratory assistant from a school in Latur district in Maharashtra has been arrested for allegedly taking a bribe of Rs 400 from a woman who needed her sister's school leaving certificate, an official told PTI on Wednesday.

The woman had sought her sister's school leaving certificate to help her avail of the benefit under the government's ''Majhi Ladki Bahin' scheme, which provides those eligible with a monthly allowance of Rs 1,500.