India, March 14 -- Ranya Rao, the Kannada actor arrested in the alleged gold smuggling case, is in judicial custody. A Bengaluru Special Court for Economic Offences will pronounce its judgment on her bail plea on Monday, when her custody ends. The 34-year-old actor's arrest has kicked up a major political storm in Karnataka, with the Bharatiya Janata Party and ruling Congress trading accusations. While the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Enforcement Directorate (ED) are probing various angles in the case, here's a blow-by-blow account of what transpired on the day Rao was arrested by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) with 14 kgs of gold at the Kempegowda International Airport.

During interrogation by the DRI off...