Overview

• Officers delivered show-cause notices inside Bengaluru Central Jail with 250-page orders and 2,500-page annexures for each accused, totaling about 11,000 pages of documentation.
• The DRI ordered penalties of Rs 62 crore for Tarun Konduru Raju and Rs 53 crore each for jewellers Sahil Sakaria Jain and Bharat Kumar Jain, citing alleged smuggling volumes tied to them.
• Investigators attribute roughly 127.3 kg of smuggled gold to the network, expanding the case far beyond the initial airport seizure that triggered the probe in March.
• Officials warned that properties could be attached to recover dues if penalties go unpaid and indicated prosecution steps will follow under the Customs Act.
• Ranya Rao remains detained under a one-year COFEPOSA order issued in July, with High Court proceedings ongoing and the next hearing listed for September 11.