Bengaluru: Kannada actress Ranya Rao, who was earlier arrested in a gold smuggling case, has landed in deeper trouble. In the ₹102 crore gold smuggling case, allegations were made against her, and now her name has appeared in the charge sheet filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED).
Investigations revealed that the smuggling syndicate had illegally brought 127 kilograms of gold into India within a year. Handlers and jewelry traders allegedly pushed this gold into the domestic market. Based on this, the ED filed a charge sheet in the PMLA court in Bengaluru, naming Ranya Rao along with her associate Tarun Kondooru and Ballari-based gold dealer Sahil Jain.
It is already known that Ranya Rao was caught last year at Bengaluru airport while illegally transporting gold from Dubai. The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) seized 14.7 kilograms of gold from her. Authorities found that she had played a key role in such illegal transport for several years, working closely with the smuggling network. Reports state that she received hefty commissions for transporting gold from Dubai to Bengaluru. She has already been sentenced to one year in prison in connection with this case.
