Bengaluru (Karnataka), India, April 1 (ANI): Actress Ranya Rao has taken legal action with regard to the Karnataka High Court on Tuesday for bail, just days after a session court in Bengaluru denied her request for assistance.
Rao's attorney, BS Girish, filed the petition, which the High Court will address the following week.
On March 27, the 64th CCH Sessions Court in Bengaluru dismissed Ranya Rao’s request for bail concerning a gold trafficking case. The court announced its decision on Thursday.
Ranya Rao was arrested on March 3 at Bengaluru's Kempegowda International Airport after officials from the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) found her carrying gold. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) later filed an FIR based on a complaint by Abhishek Chandra Gupta, Additional Director of DRI.
The First Information Report (FIR) was filed under the Prevention of Corruption Act of 1988, alongside multiple provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Samhita (BNS). The report states that two individuals from abroad were apprehended at Mumbai Airport on March 6 for allegedly trying to import 21.28 kilograms of gold into India worth Rs. 18.92 crore through illegal means.
As stated in the complaint, following Ranya Rao’s detention on March 3, two individuals from abroad were apprehended at the Mumbai airport on March 6 while they attempted to import 21.28 kg of gold valued at Rs. 18.92 crore into India.
The Central Bureau of Investigation has registered a First Information Report in the gold smuggling case based on the complaint submitted by Abhishek Chandra Gupta, who serves as the Additional Director for the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence.
The First Information Report (FIR) has been filed under the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 and several provisions of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) based on a complaint from Abhishek Chandra Gupta. This complaint outlines non-bailable offenses as outlined in Sections 7 and 12 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 (amended in 2018), along with Section 61(2) of the IPC.
Abhishek Chandra Gupta, an Additional Director at DRI, stated in his report that these instances of travelers arriving from Dubai and trying to illegally import significant amounts of gold suggest potential collaboration with a well-organized smuggling network, likely based out of Dubai (UAE).
In Ranya Rao's case, she travelled to Dubai multiple times, while the two arrested foreign nationals had previously arrived at the Mumbai airport multiple times.
Gupta, in his complaint, also suspected the possibility of the involvement of public servants and others. (ANI)
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