Third accused sent to judicial custody in Gold smuggling case: Special Court order; Accused of helping Ranya in hiding gold

Sona merchant Sahil Sakaria Jain was arrested by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) on 26 March from Bellary. This was the third arrest in the case.

Sahil Jain, the third accused in the gold smuggling case associated with Kannada actress Ranya Rao, has been sent to judicial custody by 7 April. The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) presented him in the court on Wednesday after completion of custody.

Sona merchant Sahil Sakaria Jain was arrested by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) on 26 March from Bellary. This was the third arrest in the case. Sahil is accused of helping Ranya in setting up gold hideouts.

Sahil Jain is originally from Ballari in Karnataka and was living in Mumbai with his maternal uncle. Earlier, he was arrested in another case of gold smuggling in Mumbai, in which 6.9 kg of gold was seized.

Investigation revealed that in the last 10 months he had acquired about 180 kg of smuggled gold, which cost around Rs 66 crore. Earlier, on March 27, Ranya Rao’s third bail plea was rejected by the sessions court of Bengaluru on Thursday.

In fact, Kannada actress Ranya Rao was arrested from Kepegowda International Airport in Bangalore on March 3 with 14.2 kg of gold. After this, his friend Tarun Raju was arrested on 10 March.

Ranya’s stepfather was sent on vacation without reason DRI raided two jewelery stores in Bengaluru. The name of a firm named Veera Diamonds Trading has been revealed in the case. According to DRI, Tarun Raju joined a firm called Veera Diamonds Trading in Dubai in 2023, importing gold from Geneva and Bangkok to sell in Dubai. However, both were smuggling it in India as well.

Tarun Raju said that he had gone out of Veera Diamonds in December 2024. He applied for bail. Ramchandra Rao, the half -father, senior police officer of Ranya Rao, has also been questioned in this case. A few days after Ranya’s arrest, the officer was sent to a “compulsory holiday”. No reason was given in the order.

The CBI had filed an FIR in the gold smuggling case on the complaint of Dri Additional Director Abhishek Chandra Gupta. An FIR was registered under the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 and the Code of India (BNS).

Abhishek Chandra Gupta said in his complaint that these cases related to passengers traveling from Dubai and trying to smuggle a large amount of gold may be related to a smuggling syndicate operated from Dubai.

Ranya accused DRI of assault The actress accused DRI officials of assaulting and starving. Ranya wrote a letter to the Additional Director General of DRI and described himself as innocent and said that he was implicated in a false case.

Ranya wrote- Dri officers were pressurizing me to sign empty pages. I was also slapped 10-15 times on refusing. I was made a lot of pressure, followed by 50-60 typed pages and 40 empty pages.

Ranya had told the person of the person found at Dubai Airport

On March 14, Ranya described the investigating officers as the hulia of the person found at Dubai Airport. The same person gave him gold, whom he was arrested at Bangalore Airport. Ranya had said that she had received an internet call. Then instructions were given to meet a person near the Espresso Machine at the Dining Lounge of Terminal 3 of Dubai International Airport. Read full news …

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