Actress Ranya Rao, who is the step-daughter of IPS officer Ramachandra Rao, has been arrested from the Bengaluru airport for allegedly trying to smuggle 14.8kg of gold. The incident has drawn ...

An investigation into the gold smuggling case involving Kannada actor Ranya Rao has revealed that her stepfather, DGP K Ramachandra Rao, was aware of her using police protocol services.

No evidence was found against the stepfather of Kannada actress Ranya Rao and Karnataka Director General of Police (DGP) K Ramachandra Rao over direct involvement in the alleged gold smuggling case.

Senior IPS officer and DGP Ramachandra Rao appeared before the inquiry committee about alleged protocol misuse in a gold smuggling case involving his daughter. Rao provided his statement which ...

Also Read: Ranya Rao’s stepfather and senior cop Ramachandra Rao questioned in gold smuggling case: Top developments so far The agency also said that it had found evidence of gold smuggling in ...

Ranya, stepdaughter of Ramachandra Rao of the Karnataka State Police Housing Corporation, was apprehended at Bengaluru’s Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) on March 3, 2025. She was ...

Ms Rao, the stepdaughter of a senior Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Ramachandra Rao, was caught smuggling gold bars weighing 14.2 kg, worth Rs 14.56 crore, when she arrived from Dubai at the ...