Gurugram, Oct. 18 -- The Haryana Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has arrested a village chief from Nuh for allegedly carving out two illegal roads through the protected Aravalli ranges to provide mining contractors easier entry to the state from Rajasthan, officials said on Friday.

The accused, Mohammad Hanif alias Anna, head of Basai Meo village in Firozpur Jhirka bordering Rajasthan's Deeg district, had been absconding for four months. A reward of Rs.50,000 had been announced for information leading to his arrest. He was apprehended on Wednesday from Firozpur Jhirka and produced before a Nuh court on Thursday, which remanded him in ACB custody for five days for interrogation.

According to the ACB, Hanif is the prime accused in the case i...