A 47-year-old man was arrested for cheating a youth of Rs 2 lakhs on the pretext of providing him government job in Raipur city.
Raipur Superintendent of Police Prashant Agrawal identified him as Pappu Shivhare alias Khyali Ram Pavaiyya from Gwalior in Madhya Pradesh.
He lived in Mana Camp in the Chhattisgarh capital.
Complainant Jagjeet Singh, a bar manager in Mana, lodged a cheating case against him two days ago.
Shivhare took Rs 2 lakhs from Singh in August by promising to secure a government job as peon for him.
After arrest, Shivhare told the police that he met Singh in the bar and befriended him. He took money from him after gaining his confidence.