Bengaluru, March 5 (IANS) The arrest of Kannada film actress Ranya Rao, daughter of a senior IPS officer in Karnataka, has exposed a major gold smuggling operation in India. Investigations by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) revealed that the 31-year-old actress used an unusual method to evade security checks — she attached 14 gold … Read more
Bengaluru, March 5 (IANS) The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) on Wednesday raided the Bengaluru residence of jailed Kannada actress Ranya Rao and seized a huge quantity of cash and gold worth crores of rupees. The raid followed Rao’s arrest at Bengaluru International Airport, where she was caught smuggling 14.8 kg of gold. Authorities recovered … Read more
Bengaluru, March 4 (IANS) In a major development, the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) officials have taken Kannada film actress Ranya Rao into custody after seizing 14.8 kg of gold from her at the Bengaluru International Airport, sources said on Tuesday. According to police, the actress was taken into custody on Monday night at the … Read more
Chennai, Feb 23 (IANS) The Greater Chennai Police have recovered 100 sovereigns of gold and a luxury car from Gnanasekharan, a biryani vendor, who was arrested in connection with the sexual assault of an engineering student at Anna University on December 23, 2024. Investigations revealed that Gnanasekharan was also involved in multiple thefts. According to … Read more
Agartala, Feb 22 (IANS) In a significant crackdown on smuggling activities, Assam Rifles in collaboration with Customs officials on Saturday seized gold worth Rs 1.02 crore and arrested two persons in Tripura, officials said. A Defence spokesperson said that acting on secret information, the para-military troops along with Customs officials detained two youths, travelling on … Read more
Kolkata, Feb 21 (IANS) For the second day in succession, the Border Security Force (BSF) foiled a gold smuggling attempt along the India-Bangladesh Border (IBB) by arresting a man with 1,135.34 grams of gold, an official said on Friday. The BSF said that the man was arrested on Thursday from the Petrapole Integrated Check Post … Read more
Chandigarh, Feb 21 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate on Friday searched residential premises in Chandigarh and Mohali in Punjab of an alleged suspect in Canada’s biggest-ever gold heist of more than $20 million in 2023 on fake documents, officials said. The suspect, Simran Preet Panesar, a former warehouse facility manager with Air Canada, has been staying … Read more
Kolkata, Feb 20 (IANS) The Border Security Force (BSF) claims to have arrested a smuggler with 12 gold biscuits hidden inside his rectum along the Indo-Bangladesh Border (IBB) in the North 24-Parganas district of West Bengal. The biscuits weighed 1.406 kg and are valued at over Rs 1.24 crore, the BSF claimed. “Troops of the … Read more
Kolkata, Feb 15 (IANS) The Border Security Force (BSF) arrested a man and recovered 25 gold biscuits from his possession close to the Indo-Bangladesh Border (IBB) in West Bengal’s North 24-Parganas district. N K Pandey, DIG and spokesperson, South Bengal Frontier, BSF said that the gold was valued at nearly Rs 3 crore, adding that … Read more