Hyderabad Jan 25 PTI Telangana on Tuesday reported 4559 fresh COVID-19 cases taking the tally to 743354 while the death toll rose to 4077 with two more fatalities The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation GHMC reported the highest number of daily cases with 1450 followed by Medchal Malkajgiri 432 and Rangareddy 322 districts a state government bulletin said providing details as of 530 PM today The state had registered 3980 new cases on Monday A total of 1961 people recovered from the infection in the last 24 hours With this the cumulative number of recoveries rose to 703008 Active cases stood at 36269 the bulletin said A total of 113670 samples were tested today and the total number examined till date was over 315 crore The samples tested per million population were over 848 lakh The case fatality and recovery rates were at 055 per cent and 9457 per cent respectively PTI GDK BN BN

Hyderabad Jan 25 PTI A fake job racket was busted here and three people of a gang including a couple who allegedly cheated job aspirants of over Rs 15 crore by promising them employment in Indian Railways and Metro Rail were arrested on Tuesday police said On credible information a police team took the absconding accused K Surendra his wife Nagalakshmi and one Suresh into custody for cheating as many as 20 students from whom they collected Rs 5 to Rs 10 lakh each on the pretext of providing Railway jobs and Metro Rail jobs through backdoor entry process they said Police seized fake ID proofs three four-wheelers fake government job offer letters and mobile phones from their possession Rachakonda Commissioner of Police Mahesh M Bhagwat said Surendra took the students to Rail Nilayam here and introduced them to two other members of their gang as Railway officers and the job aspirants noticing the two members wearing Railway Identity cards believed them and paid them Rs 5 to Rs 10 lakhs each and also gave all their educational certificates police said The accused then issued fake appointment orders and on suspicion the students approached Rail Nilayam and came to know that it was fake and later Surendra along with his wife and other accused escaped police said Subsequently the students approached Medipally police in October last year and a case was registered against Surendra his wife and others During the course of investigation three accused including the couple were arrested when Surendra came to his flat for shifting the articles on Tuesday police said adding investigation was in progress for apprehension of other absconding accused PTI VVK VVK SS SS