Smuggling case probe: Rao's DGP stepfather sent on leave

The Karnataka government on Saturday placed DGP-rank officer K Ramachandra Rao, whose stepdaughter Ranya Rao was arrested in a gold smuggling case, on compulsory leave, a government order said.

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BENGALURU:

"Sri. K.V. Sharath Chandra, IPS (KN-1997) Additional Director General of Police, Recruitment is placed in Concurrent Charge of the post of Chairman & Managing Director, Karnataka State Police Housing & Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd, Bengaluru with immediate effect and until further orders, Dr K Ramachandra Rao, IPS sent on compulsory leave," the order said.

Ramachandra Rao—who has been serving as director general of police (DGP) since October 2023 and is chairman and managing director of the Karnataka State Police Housing and Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited—has faced scrutiny in the past. His tenure as IGP of the southern range was marred after his name surfaced in a case involving a large cash seizure.