An engineer has been booked by the Nagpur Police in Maharashtra for allegedly cheating a businessman of Rs 20 lakh by promising him a Rajasthan government contract, a Nagpur police official said on Sunday, the PTI reported.

Gondia resident Deepak Amkar, who is an ex-student of a prestigious institute, in January this year approached Abhijeet Ballewar, whose firm supplies furniture, computer parts and other spares to various companies, he said, according to the PTI.