Kochi: Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday attached assets worth over ₹34 crore of Kannada actor Ranya Rao, 32, accused of gold smuggling and money-laundering.
The agency accused her of carrying out an “orchestrated” and “well-structured” operation with her associates for smuggling gold into India.
She was arrested by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) with 14.2 kg of gold bars worth ₹12.56 crore when she landed at Bengaluru airport from Dubai, on March 3. The ED attached Rao’s house in Victoria Layout and a plot located in Arkavathi Layout in Bengaluru, an industrial land in Tumkur and an agricultural land in Anekal taluk under PMLA.
The actor’s “involvement” in generating, possessing and circulating proceeds of crime was further “corroborated” by her digital footprint, including invoices, export declarations, foreign-remittance records and recorded chats, establishing her “active role” in the smuggling syndicate, the ED claimed.
Ranya Rao, in active collusion with Tarun Konduru Raju and others, orchestrated a well-structured operation for smuggling gold into India.
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Ranya Rao’s property attached
