India, Oct. 16 -- The Haryana Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has arrested a sarpanch from Nuh for allegedly bribing several government employees and a sub-divisional magistrate (SDM)-rank official to end an inquiry against him that was initiated over forging educational documents to contest the panchayat election, officials said on Wednesday.

According to ACB officials, the accused identified as, Rampal, who had won from the Karhera panchayat of Firozpur Jhirka, had been on the run for the last seven months after being booked in a corruption case at the ACB police station in Gurugram on February 6 for offering bribes to government officials.The accused was arrested from Karhera, where he had returned briefly to visit his family, ACB said....