NEW DELHI: Kannada actor Ranya Rao has been imposed with a high quality of Rs 102 crore within the gold smuggling case, the Directorate of Income Intelligence mentioned. Alongside together with her, three others had been additionally imposed a high quality of over Rs 50 crore. The DRI officers on Tuesday served the penalty discover working 2,500 pages to the actress and others presently within the Bengaluru Central Jail.The actor was caught with 14.8 kg of gold on March 3 on the Kempegowda Worldwide Airport in Bengaluru on her arrival from Dubai.Rao and others had been served the discover contained in the jail and so they had been additionally warned that if they do not pay the high quality, their properties may very well be connected. The Ranya Rao case grew to become a high-profile one as Rao is the stepdaughter of senior IPS officer Dr Ok Ramachandra Rao. He was despatched on go away after the smuggling case surfaced. It was revoked later. Investigations revealed that Rao made frequent journeys to Dubai (as much as 52 between 2023 and early 2025) and allegedly used police escorts to keep away from customs screenings. Gold jewelry value ₹2 crore and money totalling ₹2.67 crore had been additionally recovered from her residence. Rao alleged extreme maltreatment in DRI custody, claiming she was slapped a number of instances (10–15 instances), denied meals and sleep, and coerced into signing voluminous paperwork, together with clean pages.Following Ranya Rao’s arrest, her husband Jatin Hukkeri got here on the radar. Hukkeri sought authorized reduction by making use of for exemption from arrest, citing that that they had separated a couple of month after their marriage, round December 2024 — highlighting that they had been dwelling aside on the time the case unfolded. The Karnataka Excessive Court docket granted non permanent safety, stopping any quick motion towards him till the subsequent listening to.