The Directorate of Income Intelligence (DRI) has arrested Kannada actress Ranya Rao at Bengaluru’s Kempegowda Worldwide Airport with 14.8 kg of gold.
Rao, who arrived in Bengaluru on an Emirates flight from Dubai on Monday evening, had been underneath DRI surveillance as a result of her frequent worldwide journey. Officers mentioned she managed to put on a lot of the gold inconspicuously whereas additionally concealing gold bars inside her clothes.
Rao is the daughter of a DGP-rank officer in Karnataka.
Officers are trying into whether or not she had any help from regulation enforcement personnel or in the event that they have been misled into unknowingly aiding her smuggling operation. In keeping with preliminary findings, upon arrival on the airport, Rao allegedly claimed to be the daughter of the director-general of police (DGP) and would name native police personnel to escort her house. The DRI is investigating whether or not these officers had any involvement or have been unwittingly used within the smuggling community.
Authorities started monitoring her actions after noticing that she had travelled to Dubai 4 occasions inside the final 15 days.
Following her arrest, the actress was taken to the DRI headquarters in HBR Format, Bengaluru, the place she was interrogated. She is anticipated to be produced earlier than a Bengaluru court docket in a while Tuesday. Nonetheless, the DRI has not but issued an official assertion relating to the case.
Rao, identified for her function reverse Kannada celebrity Sudeep within the film Maanikya, has additionally acted in different South Indian movies.
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