New Delhi, March 15 -- Kannada actor Ranya Rao, who as arrested at Kempegowda airport in Bengaluru with 14.2 kg of gold worth Rs.12.56 crore strapped to her body, has alleged in a letter that she was slapped 10-15 times and denied food. Ranya Rao is the stepdaughter of DGP K Ramachandra Rao.

In a letter to Additional Director General of Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI), Ranya Rao also alleged that she was forced to 50-60 typed pages and 40 blank white pages by officers of the agency, an India Today report said.

She did not sign the papers despite repeated assaults, Ranya Rao said.

She said, "From the moment of my apprehension until I was presented in court, I was physically assaulted, slapped 10-15 times by officers whom I can...