India, March 22 -- Nearly two years before Ranya Rao was arrested by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) at the Bengaluru airport for smuggling gold, the Kannada actor and her associate were cheated of Rs.2 crore by a Ugandan gold agent, officials have revealed.

In March 2025, Rao was arrested from the Bengaluru airport after she returned from Dubai allegedly with a consignment of 14-kg of gold worth Rs.12.56 crore concealed on her body.

In a chargesheet filed last month, DRI officials said Rao and her associates smuggled 127.28 kg of gold valued at Rs.102.55 crore into India between March 2024 and March 2025. The gold was later sold in the domestic market through a network of handlers and jewellers.

Officials have now reveal...