K. Ramachandra Rao, a senior Karnataka police officer and Director General of Police (DGP) of the Directorate of Civil Rights Enforcement (DCRE), is embroiled in controversy after a video surfaced on Monday (January 19, 2026), purportedly showing him behaving inappropriately with women inside his office while in uniform.
A video comprising three separate clips that have been stitched together has been widely circulating on social media.
Ranya Rao case: A minefield of gold blows up
Ties to gold smuggling case
The DGP-rank officer was serving as the Chairman and Managing Director of the Karnataka State Police Housing and Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd., when his stepdaughter Ranya Rao was arrested in connection with a gold smuggling case.
