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The hearing has been postponed on the bail plea of Kannada actress Ranya Rao arrested in the Gold Smuggling case. The Special Court of Bengaluru will hear the bail plea after March 14.
Ranya was arrested on 3 March with a gold of 14 crores. On March 4, he was sent to 14 days judicial custody.
Earlier on Tuesday, Ranya’s friend Tarun Raju was arrested by the police. Raju is the grandson of the owner of the Atriya Hotel in Bengaluru.
The actress’s friend was produced in the Special Economic Offenses Court in Bengaluru on Monday. The court sent him to custody of Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) for five days.
Differences between Tarun Raju and the actress started after Ranya’s marriage to architect Jatin Hawakari. Despite this, the two were smuggling gold together.
Here, actress Ranya has been accused of taking advantage of the airport’s VIP protocol. His half -father and DGP Dr. K Ramchandra Rao of Karnataka is accused of helping him.
The Congress government of Karnataka has asked the Additional Chief Secretary (ACS) Gaurav Gupta to investigate the role of DGP Dr. K Ramchandra Rao and report in a week.
Photo after the arrest of Ranya Rao. He is arrested by DRI.
Ranya was arrested with 14.2 kg of gold
Kannada actress Ranya Rao was arrested on March 3 at the Kepegowda International Airport in Bengaluru with 14.2 kg of gold. Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) said- Ranya went to Dubai 27 times a year.
A case of gold smuggling has been registered against Ranya. Police on Wednesday searched the luxurious apartment at Lavel Road, Ranya. Jewelery worth Rs 2.1 crore and Rs 2.7 crore cash was also recovered from here.
1 lakh rupees were available on one kilo of gold
Sources claim that Ranya used to get 1 lakh rupees for bringing every kg of gold. In this way, he earned 12 to 13 lakh rupees in every trip. According to DRI officials, Ranya Rao returned to India from Dubai via Emirates Flight.
Had gone to Dubai 4 times in 15 days
Security agencies were already monitoring their activity, as they had gone to Dubai 4 times in the last 15 days. DRI’s Delhi team was already aware of Ranya’s involvement in gold smuggling. So on March 3, the officers reached the airport two hours before the land of his flight.
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