Bengaluru: Actor Ranya Rao had prepared a meticulous plan to smuggle gold bars from Dubai and learnt how to conceal it in her clothing on YouTube, according to a document detailing the authorities’ objections to her bail request. The document also detailed how she was handed over the consignment that has landed her in trouble […]
Bengaluru: Actor Ranya Rao’s gold smuggling racket involved a huge syndicate and she got through airports with the help of the State Protocol Officer who was also part of the racket, the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence or DRI, which is also investigating the smuggling case, told a court today. The DRI, which was opposing the […]
Bengaluru: Kannada actor Ranya Rao – arrested last week at Bengaluru airport for smuggling 14kg of gold into the country, some of it strapped to her waist and the inside of her calves – said Wednesday she had been “denied her right to sleep”. The claim was made as Ms Rao, whose stepfather is a […]
Bengaluru: A friend of actor Ranya Rao, who accompanied her to Dubai, has now been arrested in the gold smuggling case as the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) expands its investigation. Tarun Konduraju, who belongs to a prominent business family in Bengaluru, was produced in court. The thirty-three-year-old actor was arrested last week when a […]
Bengaluru: The Karnataka government has launched an inquiry into the alleged misuse of VIP airport protocol privileges by actress Ranya Rao, who was recently arrested in connection with a gold smuggling case. The probe will also examine any potential role played by her stepfather, Dr K Ramachandra Rao, an IPS officer and Director General of […]
Bengaluru: Kannada actor Ranya Rao, who was caught smuggling gold bars worth Rs 14.56 crore last week, on Monday alleged she is “traumatised and emotionally broken” as she was “verbally tortured and threatened” in the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI)’s custody. Ms Rao made the submissions before a special court, in Bengaluru, which sought to […]
Bengaluru: Kannada actor Ranya Rao – the stepdaughter of a senior IPS officer caught smuggling gold at the Bengaluru airport – has admitted that “17 gold bars” were found on her in a confession given to the revenue officials after her arrest. In her statement accessed by NDTV, she has also revealed the details of […]
Bengaluru: The senior Karnataka police officer whose stepdaughter Ranya Rao was arrested smuggling nearly 15 kg of gold, has distanced himself further from her, saying she got married four months ago and has not been in touch since. There has been a “clear and definitive separation” with his family was how Ramachandra Rao, Director-General of […]
BENGALURU: Investigations into the gold-smuggling racket allegedly involving Kannada actor and senior IPS officer’s daughter Ranya Rao took an interesting turn on Wednesday with Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) turning the spotlight on a jewellery boutique in the central business district.Also Read:‘No blemish on my career’: Karnataka DGP on daughter Ranya Rao gold smuggling case […]
Bengaluru: The senior police officer whose daughter – Ranya Rao – was arrested at Bengaluru airport Monday night, after officials found 14.8kg of gold in her possession, has been left “shocked and devastated” by the news, and has also sought to distance himself from the entire affair. “The law will do its job. There is […]
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