Follow Us on Google News Bengaluru, March 13 (IANS) The Karnataka government on Wednesday withdrew its order for a Criminal Investigation Department (CID) probe into the gold smuggling case involving actress Ranya Rao. The decision is expected to spark controversy. Initially, the state government had ordered a CID probe citing protocol violations by the police. … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Bengaluru, March 12 (IANS) The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) submitted to the court that the gold smuggling case involving actress Ranya Rao, stepdaughter of a senior IPS officer of DGP rank, has international and hawala links, making it a matter of national security. Madhu Rao, senior counsel representing the … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Bengaluru, March 12 (IANS) Karnataka BJP President and MLA B.Y. Vijayendra on Wednesday raised some questions over the smuggling case involving actress Ranya Rao, asking how much gold she might have smuggled into India during her 30 to 40 trips from Dubai to Bengaluru. Speaking to the media at Vidhana … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Bengaluru, March 11 (IANS) The Karnataka BJP on Tuesday accused the Congress-led state government of being directly involved in the gold smuggling case involving Kannada actress Ranya Rao. Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the Assembly, R. Ashoka, has alleged in Bengaluru, saying: “Ranya Rao was always escorted in a police … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Bengaluru, March 11 (IANS) The Karnataka government on Tuesday ordered a probe against jailed actress Ranya Rao’s father DGP K. Ramachandra Rao in connection with the gold smuggling case. The government has sought a report within one week. Actress Rao was arrested on charges of gold smuggling and misusing her … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Bengaluru, March 10 (IANS) The BJP raised the issue of arrest of actress Ranya Rao in the gold smuggling case in the Legislative Assembly on Monday and urged the Karnataka government to disclose the names of the ministers who are allegedly involved with the actress in the case. As BJP … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Bengaluru, March 10 (IANS) Minister for Large and Medium Industries, M.B. Patil, stated on Monday that he will look into the involvement of BJP politicians in connection with the case related to the allotment of 12 acres of land to jailed Kannada actress Ranya Rao. The actress was arrested after … Read more
Bengaluru, March 8 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has launched an investigation into the sensational case of gold smuggling involving Kannada actress Ranya Rao, the step-daughter of a senior serving IPS officer in Karnataka, sources said on Saturday. According to sources, the CBI registered an FIR against Ranya Rao based on inputs from … Read more
Bengaluru, March 8 (IANS) Kannada actress Ranya Rao aka Harshavardini Ranya, in her statement to the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) on the day of her arrest, claimed that she is a freelancer in the real estate sector in Dubai and agreed to smuggle 17 bars of gold, sources confirmed on Saturday. There is no … Read more
