Bhubaneswar, Dec. 16 -- Rourkela Police arrested a man on Tuesday for allegedly cheating more than 100 people by promising government jobs in the city and other parts of Odisha.

The accused has been identified as Santosh Sahu, who was apprehended from Jeypore in Koraput district, officials said.

According to police, the accused targeted unemployed youths by luring them with assurances of government jobs and collected large sums of money from them. Preliminary investigation revealed that Sahu allegedly duped job aspirants of nearly Rs 40 lakh.

During the arrest, police recovered a large number of forged documents, including fake appointment letters, from the possession of the accused. Officials said the documents were used to gain the c...