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