New Delhi, March 13 -- Actor Ranya Rao, arrested in a gold smuggling case, confessed during interrogation that it was the first time she had smuggled gold from Dubai. The Kannada actor also revealed that she received calls from unknown numbers and that she learnt to hide gold from YouTube videos.

"This was the first time I smuggled gold from Dubai to Bengaluru. I have never brought or purchased gold from Dubai before," Rao said in a U-turn to her previous statements to DRI officials, according to a report by India Today.

Rao also revealed during interrogation that she bought crepe bandages and scissors at the airport and attached the gold bars to her body in a restroom at the airport.

"The gold was in two plastic-covered packets. I att...