The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered a case against smugglers bringing gold into India from abroad through various airports
This comes after the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) intercepted and arrested Kannada actor Ranya Rao in an alleged gold smuggling case at Bengaluru’s Kempegowda International Airport on Monday night.
The CBI is working in close coordination with the DRI in this case, with the agency already springing into action and rushing two teams to Bengaluru and Mumbai airports as part of the probe.
CBI’s mandate is to look into the role of public servants including customs, police, and other officers at airports apart from national networks of smugglers who organise the transport of gold from foreign countries with the help of their counterparts, an official told HT.
CBI may even take Ranya Rao in custody at some point later in the probe.
