Maharashtra cyber police have apprehended a 40-year-old man for allegedly issuing a fake transfer order of six government officers through a letter with a forged signature of Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, an official said on Thursday.

The accused, identified as Mohammed Iliyas Yaqub Momin, a contractor from Miraj in Sangli district, allegedly cheated government officials and other people financially by showing them the fake orders, he said.