An official on Friday said that a revenue official from Maharashtra's Thane district, who had demanded a bribe from a company, is absconding after the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) apprehended a private person acting as his conduit, reported news agency PTI.

The firm's owners recently purchased 5 acres of land at Shenve village in Shahapur taluka and applied to talati (revenue official) Dyaneshwar Devidas Shisode to get its details updated in government records, said ACB Deputy Commissioner of Police Harshal Chavan, reported PTI.