Actor Ranya Rao admits recovery of 17 gold bars from her possession

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In her official statement to the DRI, Ranya Rao acknowledged that authorities had seized 17 gold bars from her possession.

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00:00All right big news now coming in this is from Karnataka the first statement of actress Rania Rao that has been accessed

00:07the directorate of revenue intelligence that

00:10clearly noticed something was off about these frequent visits and

00:14Eventually the authorities at the Bengaluru International Airport decided to do a search and crackdown

00:19The actress has accepted the recovery

00:23Not just Dubai it appears that she traveled to other international cities, too

00:28She accepts that there were 17 pieces of gold bar

00:32That were recovered from her position. So she's not clearly contradicting this

00:38She's accepting that 17 gold bars were recovered from her possession and that's with the authorities right now

00:44She's saying but I've traveled to Europe America Middle East visited many countries

00:48And in the statement to DRI, so she's been an international traveler. However

00:53How much of it was associated in many ways with the charges of gold smuggling

00:57I want to bring in my colleague Sagai Raj tracking the latest

01:01Sagai go ahead. Tell us more about this first statement that you accessed to the DRI

01:08How much of the international travel causing her trouble and what about the gold smuggling charges?

01:15Well, she has

01:18That

01:30She also stated that on the day of her arrest that allow her to rest and

01:36Question her in the next morning and subsequently and they have also asked that if she had to state anything

01:42More on her travel. She said nothing more to state

01:46She repeated that she'll cooperate with the investigation on the next day and

01:51She went to take the rest. So probably after that we are waiting for more statement from her from the DRI officials

01:57What you investigate her further?

02:00All right, so I also tell me this because this has been such an

02:04Interesting case not just about the smuggling but the kind of layers coming in a VVIP entitlement are other people around her

02:11Will also will they be questioned to including the constable her stepfather who's a DGP rank officer and others

02:41Officers probably

03:11The people concerned right now because right now the focus for Karnataka authorities is on this woman

03:22But were there others involved too?

03:25Was there a bigger smuggling nexus with regard to gold into Karnataka?

03:30Was she one of the many that is what the investigators will be looking at

03:34I want to leave you with this report the report of what precisely happened in Karnataka at the airport

03:41The Karnataka gold smuggling plot unravels

03:50This is the first image of actor Rania Rao in custody

03:54marks under her eyes hair tied back

03:59A stark contrast from her glam avatar in the movies

04:04More revelations against the Karnataka IPS officer embroiled in his stepdaughter's gold smuggling scandal

04:11Ramachandra Rao chairman and MD of the Karnataka State Police Housing and Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited

04:19Who holds DGP rank is allegedly linked to an old robbery case dating back to 2014

04:26Rao was the IG Southern Range in Mysuru when a bus with Hawala cash was seized

04:3320 lakh rupees was recovered

04:35But a businessman's complaint alleges that the police pocketed over two crore rupees from the bus

04:42the then IG's gunman and police informants were arrested while Rao was removed as the IG and

04:50transferred to the Karnataka headquarters

04:53The government is very serious and we will take

04:57Ensure that

04:58This case is taken seriously

05:01Investigated and we find out what's happening in this who all are is involved and whoever it might be

05:06Whether it is an ordinary person or some influential person

05:10Everybody will be brought to book and we will ensure that this comes out in public

05:16The DGP has denied any link to his stepdaughter's smuggling activities

05:21India Today accessed details of the Kannada actor's smuggling modus operandi

05:26Rania Rao taped the gold bars to her waist and thighs and concealed it within her clothes

05:33She modified her jackets and belts to smuggle the gold

05:37Her frequent trips to Dubai put her on the radar

05:40She visited the UAE 30 times in 2024 and 27 times just this year

05:48Rania allegedly earned 12 to 13 lakh per trip and

05:53brought back several kilos of gold from Dubai by wearing the same jacket and belt and

05:59using police escort to evade security

06:02Rania Rao, a gold smuggler, her stepfather, an IPS officer

06:08Is there more than this that meets the eye in the smuggling racket?

06:14Bureau Report, India Today

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