Karnataka: The body of VG Siddhartha, the owner of Café Coffee Day was found in Nethravathi river after 30 hours of extensive search which compromised of many search organizations The body was found at Nethravathi river at 6:30 in the morning and has been confirmed by Mangalore Police Station.
The 60 years old coffee baron had arrived from Bangalore in his SUV on Monday and had asked the driver to drive towards Nethravathi River. He was last seen near the bridge and is suspected to have committed suicide.
The last rituals of Siddhartha to be performed at Chikkamagaluru. His family has been informed. His body was last seen near Hoige Bazar at 6:30 in the morning today. Where the local people reported it to the police and the proceeding took place later on VG Siddhartha’s body has been shifted to Wenlock Hospital where the postmortem will be conducted.
Nethravati River is located on the outskirts of Mangalore which is around 350 kms from Bangalore and is close to Arabian Sea.
Siddhartha, the owner of largest coffee chain Café Coffee Day and son-in-law of former Karnataka chief minister SM Krishna went missing on Monday evening.
After the post mortem, he would be taken to Chikkamagaluru where his last rites will be performed. Following the death of Coffee Chain founder, the corporate offices of Coffee chain will remain closed. However the CCD outlets will remain open for the customers.
