Ranya Rao now pleads innocence, says she was slapped by officers whom she will be able to establish: Report
Kannada actor Ranya Rao has taken a u-turn on her assertion. As per a brand new report in India Right this moment, she has a letter to the Further Director Normal of DRI and maintained her innocence within the gold smuggling case. Final week, she had admitted to the crime.
Ranya Rao alleges assault by DRI officers
As per the letter, she was arrested from the airplane itself two weeks in the past. She alleged that regardless of being assaulted a number of instances, she resisted signing the statements drafted by DRI officers. Nonetheless, the actor claimed that underneath intense strain, she was in the end compelled to signal roughly 50 to 60 typed pages together with 40 clean sheets. HT couldn’t independently confirm the talked about letter.
“From the second of my apprehension till I used to be offered in courtroom, I used to be bodily assaulted, slapped 10-15 instances by officers whom I can establish. Regardless of repeated assaults, I refused to signal the statements they ready,” Ranya stated.
“Below immense strain and bodily assault, I used to be pressured to signal 50-60 typed pages and round 40 clean white pages ready by the DRI officers,” she added.
What’s the case?
The Directorate of Income Intelligence (DRI) arrested Ranya Rao from the Kempe Gowda Worldwide Airport in Bengaluru on March 3 for allegedly attempting to smuggle over 14 kg of gold from Dubai.
The actor is the stepdaughter of senior IPS officer Ramachandra Rao, who presently serves because the Chairman and Managing Director of the Karnataka State Police Housing and Infrastructure Improvement Company Restricted.
The police officer has denied any hyperlinks together with her alleged unlawful actions.
Who’s Ranya Rao?
Initially from Chikmagalur, Karnataka, Ranya studied engineering at Dayananda Sagar Faculty of Engineering in Bengaluru earlier than entering into the movie business, as reported by the Instances of India.
She made her appearing debut in 2014 with the Kannada movie *Maanikya*, directed by and starring Sudeep, the place she performed Manasa, a rich younger girl and the protagonist’s love curiosity.
Increasing her profession past Kannada cinema, she entered the Tamil business in 2016 with *Wagah*, a romantic drama alongside Vikram Prabhu. The next yr, she returned to Kannada movies with *Pataki*, a comedy during which she portrayed Sangeetha, a journalist and the love curiosity of Ganesh’s character.
