The Anti-Corruption Bureau has arrested two employees of the Thane Zilla Parishad's water project for reportedly taking a bribe of Rs 20,000 from a contractor, the ACB said on Tuesday, PTI reported.

According to the contractor's complaint, who was engaged for a rural water supply scheme, the accused - an executive engineer and a peon had demanded Rs. 27,000 from him in order to clear the payment for his work, an ACB official said.