Karnataka DGP’s daughter Ranya Rao caught smuggling 14 Kg gold at Bengaluru airport!
Kannada actress Ranya Rao has been accused of smuggling gold from Dubai and has been arrested red-handed. She was caught with gold worth Rs 12.56 crore at Bengaluru airport. Her father Ramachandra Rao, a Karnataka police officer, says he is shocked, and that she does not live with him. Ranya made more than two dozen trips to Dubai last year, in which she allegedly smuggled gold.
Ranya Rao, a Kannada and Tamil film actress and stepdaughter of Ramachandra Rao, has been arrested in Bengaluru for smuggling gold from Dubai. Ranya was caught late night at Bengaluru's Kempegowda International Airport with 14.8 kg of foreign gold worth Rs 12.56 crore. On this incident, her father Ramachandra Rao said that he is "shocked" and that "Ranya does not live with us
Ranya made more than two dozen trips to Dubai last year, in which she allegedly smuggled gold.
Actress Ranya Rao's father Ramachandra Rao is the Director General of Karnataka State Police Housing Corporation. He said, "When such an incident came to my notice through the media, I too was shocked and disheartened, I was not aware of any of these things, like any other father I am also in shock.
'Ranya does not live with us, lives separately'
In the meanwhile, actress's IPS father Ramachandra Rao said, "She (Ranya) is not living with us, she is living separately with her husband, there must be some problem between them.
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Well, the law will do its work, there is no black spot in my career. I do not want to say anything more than this.
"She charges one lakh rupees for bringing one kg of gold
According to sources, Ranya traveled to Dubai about 30 times in the last year and brought gold to India every time. She used to escape security by sticking gold on her body and hiding it in her clothes. During her travels, she used to use manipulated jackets and waistbands.
Investigations so far have revealed that Ranya was earning Rs 1 lakh per kg of smuggled gold and up to Rs 12-13 lakh in one trip. Being under the radar of the DRI, Ranya was under surveillance.
She was detained while returning from Dubai. Officials said those who frequently visit Dubai are carefully checked as per DRI rules.
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Summary
Kannada actress Ranya Rao has been accused of smuggling gold from Dubai and has been arrested red-handed. She was caught with gold worth Rs 12.56 crore at Bengaluru airport. Her father Ramachandra Rao, a Karnataka police officer, says he is shocked, and that she does not live with him.
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