Ranya Rao’s blow-by-blow account: ‘Tapes, gold bars hid around waist’

Kannada actor Ranya Rao is now being held in court after being detained in connection with the alleged gold smuggling case. On Monday, once her imprisonment expires, a Bengaluru Special Court for Economic Offenses will rule on her bail request. The 34-year-old actor's arrest has kicked up a major political storm in Karnataka, with the Bharatiya Janata Party and ruling Congress trading accusations.

While the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Enforcement Directorate (ED) are probing various angles in the case, here's a blow-by-blow account of what transpired on the day Rao was arrested by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) with 14 kgs of gold at the Kempegowda International Airport.