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Bengaluru: Actor Ranya Rao’s gold smuggling racket involved a huge syndicate and she got through airports with the help of the State Protocol Officer who was also part of the racket, the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence or DRI, which is also investigating the smuggling case, told a court today.  The …

Bengaluru: The Karnataka government has withdrawn the police involvement in the probe into the Ranya Rao gold smuggling case. The state police’s Criminal Investigation Department or CID was initially tasked with investigating protocol violations at the Bengaluru International Airport. The Home Ministry has now revoked the probe order. The government …

Bengaluru: Kannada actor Ranya Rao – arrested last week at Bengaluru airport for smuggling over 14 kilograms of gold into the country, some of it strapped to her waist and the inside of her calves – said Wednesday she had been “denied her right to sleep”. The claim was made …