Bengaluru: Actor Ranya Rao, arrested for smuggling gold into the country, was also part of a massive hawala racket amounting to over Rs 38 crore, investigators have said. NDTV has accessed a remand copy of Sahil Jain, the accused number 3 in the case. This document has shocking details of how he and Ranya Rao did … Read more
Bengaluru: Actor Ranya Rao, who was arrested in the gold smuggling case last month, on Tuesday approached the Karnataka High Court seeking bail, days after a sessions court refused to grant her the relief. According to sources, the plea in the High Court will likely be taken up this or next week. The development came … Read more
Bengaluru: Sahil Jain, a gold merchant, has been arrested for his alleged involvement in disposing of the smuggled gold linked to Kannada actor Ranya Rao. Arrested by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence or DRI, he has been sent to police custody for four days to help with questioning and further investigation. Ranya Rao, the prime … Read more
Actor Ranya Rao’s stepfather, a senior cop in Karnataka, has been sent on “compulsory leave” days after the actor was arrested in a gold smuggling case. The order for the Director General of Police (Karnataka State Police Housing Corporation) K Ramachandra Rao’s leave was issued this evening. It did not specify any reason. Earlier this … Read more
Bengaluru: A special court today denied bail to actor Ranya Rao, who was caught smuggling a large amount of gold. A second accused, Tarun Raju, has been sent to judicial custody for 15 days. Gold bars worth Rs 12.56 crore were seized from Ranya Rao at Bengaluru airport. Following this, officials searched her properties and … Read more
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 … Read more
Bengaluru: Days after Ranya Rao was arrested at Bengaluru airport for gold smuggling, the BJP has alleged that the actor approached two ministers in the Siddaramaiah-led Congress government to wriggle out of trouble. State BJP chief BY Vijayendra has said the “blatant violation” of protocols that allegedly enabled Ranya Rao to smuggle gold “could not have … Read more