A special court has denied bail to actress Ranya Rao, who was apprehended for smuggling a significant quantity of gold. Another individual involved, Tarun Raju, has been placed in judicial custody for 15 days. At Bengaluru airport, authorities confiscated gold bars valued at Rs 12.56 crore from Ranya Rao.
Subsequently, officials conducted searches at her properties, uncovering gold jewelry worth Rs 2.06 crore and cash amounting to Rs 2.67 crore. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) initiated an investigation into the case yesterday, which involves the actress and the stepdaughter of Karnataka’s Director General of Police, K Ramachandra Rao.
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Ranya Rao purchased round trip tickets from Bengaluru to Dubai using her husband Jatin Hukkeri’s credit card, which has led to concerns regarding his possible connection to a gold smuggling case. The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) conducted searches at nine properties in Bengaluru linked to Hukkeri, who has obtained a temporary order from the Karnataka High Court preventing his arrest.
DRI officials reported that Ranya Rao stated she received calls from unfamiliar numbers directing her to smuggle gold. During her interrogation, she mentioned that she learned techniques for hiding gold by watching videos on Social media.
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