Bengaluru, March 14 -- The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday filed a money laundering case against Kannada actor Ranya Rao, who was recently apprehended at Kempegowda International Airport (KIA), an official familiar with the matter said.

The official said that ED also carried out raids at eight locations across the state as part of the investigation. Simultaneously, Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) conducted raids at nine locations in Bengaluru, targeting properties linked to Ranya Rao's husband, Jatin Vijaykumar Hukkeri. Three agencies are currently probing the case: the DRI, which is handling the smuggling aspect, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), which is looking into the wider network, and the ED, which is f...