Kochi: Kannada film actress Ranya Rao was fined Rs 102 crore by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) in a gold smuggling case, media reports said.
The DRI also imposed a penalty of Rs 63 crore on hotelier Tarun Kondaraju and Rs 56 crore each on jewellers Sahil Sakaria Jain and Bharat Kumar Jain, the reports said.
The DRI officials reached the Bengaluru Central Jail and served each of them a 250-page notice along with 2,500-page annexure.
The actress was caught with 14.8 kg of gold on March 3 at the Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru on her arrival from Dubai.
Rao is the step-daughter of Director General of Police rank officer K Ramachandra Rao.
The actress was sentenced to one year of imprisonment under the stringent Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smuggling Activities Act (COFEPOSA), in the case in July this year.
DRI fines Rs 102 cr on Ranya Rao
