Searches have been performed at Ranya Rao’s residence and gold jewelry price Rs 2.06 crore and Indian foreign money amounting to Rs 2.67 crore have been additionally recovered, DRI stated.
Senior IPS officer Ramachandra Rao has opened about his stepdaughter and Kannada actress Ranya Rao’s arrest by DRI for allegedly smuggling gold from Dubai. The officer stated he was “shocked and devastated” after listening to the information. The DGP-rank officer is at the moment serving because the Chairman and Managing Director of the Karnataka State Police Housing and Infrastructure Improvement Company Ltd. Gold bars price Rs 12.56 crore have been seized from Ranya Rao at Kempegowda Worldwide Airport. Later, searches have been performed at her residence and gold jewelry price Rs 2.06 crore and Indian foreign money amounting to Rs 2.67 crore have been additionally recovered, DRI stated on Wednesday.
“I used to be additionally shocked and devastated when such an incident got here to my discover by the media, I used to be not conscious of any of these items, like every other father I used to be additionally shocked. She just isn’t dwelling with us, she resides individually along with her husband, there should be some drawback between them because of some household points. Anyway, the legislation will do its job, there isn’t any black mark in my profession. I do not need to say something extra,” he stated, ANI reported.
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The full seizure within the case stood at Rs 17.29 crore, together with belongings price Rs 4.73 crore, marking a major blow to organised gold smuggling networks. In line with DRI (Directorate of Income Intelligence) officers, the 14.2 kg haul is among the largest gold seizures at Bengaluru airport in current occasions. The DRI operates beneath the Ministry of Finance, which stated that the contraband, valued at Rs 12.56 crore, was seized beneath the provisions of the Customs Act, 1962.
