Kannada actress Harshavardhini Ranya, aka Ranya Rao, who was arrested in March 2025 for smuggling gold from Dubai, has now been released from preventive detention, a year after detention.

Ranya Rao released from jail

After completing a year of detention under the Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smuggling Activities Act, 1974 (COFEPOSA), Rao was granted bail by Special Economic Offences Judge Vishwanath Gowdar, according to Bar and Bench.