Bengaluru, March 11 -- Former Karnataka Chief Minister and MP Basavaraj Bommai has called for a thorough and comprehensive investigation into the illegal gold smuggling network linked to Kannada actress Ranya Rao.

Speaking to the media in Delhi on Monday, Bommai stressed the need to expose all those involved in the network, which allegedly includes significant criminal activities connected to the actress.

Bommai clarified that during his tenure, the allocation of land to Xiroda India Pvt. Ltd., where Rao was a director, never reached the Chief Minister's office.

"The land was allotted to Xiroda India Pvt. Ltd. in the Sira industrial area in Tumkur district. Whenever entrepreneurs seek land, we follow the necessary agreements. A Land Au...