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K'taka to probe links of Ranya's stepfather in smuggling case
Hindustan Times Noida
|March 12, 2025
PROBE WILL LOOK INTO RANYA'S ALLEGED MISUSE OF PROTOCOL PRIVILEGES AT B'LURU AIRPORT
BENGALURU: The Karnataka government on Tuesday ordered a high-level probe into alleged misuse of protocol privileges at the Bengaluru airport by Kannada actor Ranya Rao and the possible involvement of her stepfather, DGP-rank senior IPS officer K Ramachandra Rao, in the gold smuggling case.
In an order, the state government appointed additional chief secretary Gaurav Gupta to investigate the alleged protocol violations. It also ordered a Criminal Investigation Department (CID) probe into alleged lapses and dereliction of duty of police officers at the Kempegowda International Airport (KIA), Bengaluru.
This story is from the March 12, 2025 edition of Hindustan Times Noida.
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