Rourkela: Police on Monday arrested a person, Anil Nayak, on charges of cheating several youths by promising them jobs at the National Institute of Technology here.

The cops arrested the 25-year-old, who stays at a slum behind Ispat General Hospital Colony in Sector-19, on the basis of complaints lodged by some victims.

Nayak had promised them jobs at the NIT and had taken Rs 10,000 each from them. He had handed over fake letters of appointment to them.

The youths came to know that they had been duped when they turned up at NIT Rourkela to join duties.

"They had come to us, but we told them that the letters were fake," said an NIT official, who did not want to be named. The cheated youths, all of whom were from Bondhamunda, filed an FIR with the police.