Keonjhar: Town police arrested a man for allegedly cheating a local resident of Rs 5.5 lakh by promising him a govt job. The accused was identified as Ranjit Kumar Das of Kendrapara district, currently residing at Hirakud. The case was registered on the basis of a written complaint filed by Goura Chandra Sahoo, 58. Police found that the accused claimed to have influential contacts in govt offices. He took the money in sevaral installments and fled. Police nabbed him from Hirakud on June 5.