Karnataka BJP accuses Congress-led state government of being directly involved in the gold smuggling case involving Kannada actress Ranya Rao. Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the Assembly, R. Ashoka, has alleged in Bengaluru, saying: \”Ranya Rao was always escorted in a police jeep. After theGold smuggling incident, she was given a lift in aPolice vehicle to her residence\” The case is already being investigated by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) The actress was arrested on charges of gold smuggling and misusing her father Ramachandra Rao’s name to escape security checks by the DRI. The DRI officials arrested her after seizing 14 kg of gold from her Lavelle Road flat, where she reportedly paid Rs4.5 crore. The gold was seized from her at the Bengaluru International Airport, where it was worth Rs2.06 crore at the time of its seizure. The case has been handed over to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), which has also ordered a probe by a senior IAS officer.