The actress had come under the DRI’s radar due to her frequent trips to Dubai – four times in the past 15 days
Police said she was with two people who were carrying the smuggled gold in briefcases
Ranya and the others almost cleared security at the Kempegowda airport and were about to exit when a DRI team detained them
She is the stepdaughter of DGP-rank IPS officer K Ramachandra Rao
The IPS official said he had no contact with Ranya after her marriage which happened 4 months ago
Ranya made her film debut in the 2014 Kannada film 'Maanikya' helmed by Sudeep
She later went on to star in the Tamil film Wagah (2016), starring Vikram Prabhu and Pataki (2017) with actor Ganesh