K Ramachandra Rao has been appointed him as Director General of Police, Directorate of Civil Rights Enforcement.
The Karnataka government has reinstated senior IPS officer K Ramachandra Rao, whose stepdaughter and actress Ranya Rao was arrested in a gold smuggling case, and appointed him as the Director General of Police (DGP) for the Directorate of Civil Rights Enforcement.
“The order of compulsory leave with respect to Dr K Ramachandra Rao, IPS (KN 1993) is hereby withdrawn and the officer is posted with immediate effect and until further orders as Director General of Police, Directorate of Civil Rights Enforcement in the upgraded vacant post,” the order stated.
The post is declared equivalent in status and responsibilities to the cadre post of DGP, Criminal Investigation Department, Special Units and Economic Offences, Bengaluru, under Rule 12 of the IPS (Pay) Rules 2016.
Before his reinstatement, Rao served as Chairman and Managing Director of the Karnataka State Police Housing and Infrastructure Development Corporation.
Ranya Rao gold smuggling case
Ranya Rao was arrested by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) on March 3 at Bengaluru’s Kempegowda International Airport after arriving from Dubai. Authorities seized gold bars worth ₹12.56 crore from her possession.
The following day, the DRI recovered gold jewellery valued at ₹2.06 crore and cash amounting to ₹2.67 crore from her Bengaluru residence. The 34-year-old was accused of misusing police escorts, allegedly to bypass Customs checks at the airport.
The state government had formed a panel, headed by Additional Chief Secretary Gaurav Gupta, to examine whether Ramachandra Rao had any role in the alleged smuggling activities. The officer appeared before the committee for questioning.
The article originally appeared on Hindustan Times
