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Ranya Rao Caught Smuggling: Kannada actress Ranya Rao seems to be in trouble. The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) arrested Kannada actress Ranya Rao at Kempegowda Airport. The police have recovered 14.8 kg of gold from the actress. It is being told that the actress was bringing gold from Dubai to Bangalore by hiding it in her body.
Ranya Rao will remain in judicial custody for 14 days
Let us tell you that Ranya Rao is the daughter of Director General of Police (Police Housing Corporation) Ramachandra Rao. On investigation, it was found that she had cleverly hidden gold bars weighing 14.2 kg on her body. Officials of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) arrested her on Monday night at Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) on charges of smuggling gold. After being arrested on Monday night, Ranya Rao was produced before a special court handling financial crimes, which sent her to judicial custody for 14 days. Before appearing in court, she was sent for a medical checkup at Bowring Hospital as per legal protocol.
Ranya Rao has gone to Dubai four times in a day
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According to officials, Ranya Rao was under surveillance due to her international travels. As per reports, she has visited Dubai four times within 15 days. This is the reason why enforcement agencies have raised suspicion on her. As a result, she was roped in for a well-planned operation on her return, which resulted in her arrest at the Bengaluru airport around 7 pm.
Who is Ranya Rao? (Who Is Ranya Rao)
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Born in 1991 in Chikmagalur, Karnataka, Rao studied engineering from Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering in Bengaluru before venturing into acting. To hone her acting skills, she joined the Kishore Namit Kapoor Acting Institute in Mumbai.
Ranya Rao Career
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Ranya Rao made her debut in 2014 with the Kannada film 'Manikya' directed and starring Sudeep. In 2016, she made her Tamil cinema debut with the film 'Wagah', where she played the lead role opposite Vikram Prabhu. The film depicted a cross-border romance between an Indian soldier and a Pakistani woman. Ranya continued her work in Kannada cinema with the 2017 film 'Pataki', a comedy film in which she played the role of Sangeetha, a journalist and the girlfriend of a police officer portrayed by Ganesh.
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