Bengaluru, March 27 -- The 64th CCH Sessions Court in Bengaluru has rejected the bail application of Ranya Rao in connection with a gold smuggling case. The court issued its order on Thursday.

Earlier today, gold dealer Sahil Jain, who allegedly helped actor Ranya Rao sell smuggled gold, was sent to DRI custody till March 29.

Ranya Rao was arrested on March 3 at Bengaluru's Kempegowda International Airport after officials from the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) found her carrying gold. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) later filed an FIR based on a complaint by Abhishek Chandra Gupta, Additional Director of DRI.

The FIR was registered under the Prevention of Corruption Act of 1988, along with several sections of the ...