Hyderabad, Aug. 3 -- Four individuals were apprehended by Special Operations Team (SOT), Malkajgiri, along with Jawahar Nagar police, for allegedly being involved in an illegal horse betting racket.

The accused have been identified as Thokala Nagesh, 45, Borra Venkaiah Chowdhury, 45, Challa Ramesh Babu, 48 and D Sunil, 55.

Two more accused in the case, M Rajesh Kumar and Venkat Chowdary, are absconding. These two, along with Nagesh, acted as bookies while the remaining three were betters/punters.

Nagesh hails from Old Guntur in Andhra Pradesh. He shifted to Chennai for job where he got addicted to horse betting.

In 2020, he relocated to Hyderabad due to financial and health problems. He got acquainted with Rajesh and Venkat, who also ...