Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) take the Kannada actress Ranya Rao into custody for smuggling gold. In the investigation, she claimed that she was blackmailed into smuggling gold. Police also detained the Constable Basavaraju and recorded a statement regarding involvement to helps Ranya at airport.
After she arrest on 4 March, the officials raid on her house at Nandwani Mansion in Lavelle Road. After search, they seize the cash of Rs 2.67 crore and gold worth Rs 2.06 crore from her home. The officials also took three big boxes from her home after raid. The total amount they seize are Rs 17.29 crore.
How Ranya Rao arrested
Ranya Rao actress tried to bypass security checks through help of police constable Basavaraju. DRI who has control over her activities, caught her red handed with Gold. The officials frik her and found 14.2 kg of foreign-origin gold worth of Rs 12.56 crore in her jacket. After arrest, she was taken to the DRI office at Nagavara for investigation.
Ranya Rao works in various Tamil and Kannada films, and she is the stepdaughter of K Ramachandra Rao, the DGP of Karnataka State Police Housing Corporation. The officials suspect the actress trips to Dubai with her husband, Jatin. Investigations discover that she receives police escorts to pass security checks at the airport.
Ranya’s activities are under the control on officials
The multiple trips of Ranya Rao are under control in recent months. She did not have any business in Dubai or other countries. Her husband is to quizzed by agencies. She has remanded to judicial custody for 14 days under Customs Act of 1962. The actress in quarantine cell, Parappana Agrahara, for investigation.
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