Bengaluru: V G Siddartha, founder president of Cafe Coffee Day and son-in-law of former CM S M Krishna went missing in Mangaluru on Monday. It is now feared that he may have ended his life by jumping into the Netravati river at in Ullal.
Siddhartha is married to Shambhavi, the elder daughter of S M Krishna. He was in the news recently following IT raids on his firms.
Senior politicians from Bengaluru are rushing to the city.
He is a native of the Chikkamagalur district and completed his business studies from Mangalore University.
The issue came to light after his car driver of three years, Basavaraj Patil alerted Siddhartha’s family.
Till Tuesday morning, the police search has not yielded any result.
The police sought the help of local fishermen to aid in their search operation. Boats have been pressed into service to trace him, who is now feared to have drowned. Since the river has swollen due to the heavy rains in the past few days, the search operation is said to have been hampered.
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Meanwhile, Commissioner of Police Sandeep Patil has revealed a few details about the sensational case.
Taking to Twitter, the Compol said, “Sorry..everyone trying to call me. But fully held up in this case. yday he had left Blore saying he is going to Sakleshpur. But on way, he told driver to go to Mlore. On reaching Netravati Bridge, he got down from the car. Told his driver to go ahead and stop. He will come walking.”
The top cop said that when the dog squad was used, the canines stopped at the centre of the bridge. He has said that the department is checking his call details.
According to reports, Siddhartha got out of the car at around 6 PM, telling Patil that he was going to visit a site. He asked the driver to wait at the end of the road and when he did not return till around 8 PM, a worried Patil called him repeatedly only to get the “mobile is switched off” message. He then called Siddhartha’s son and a Mangaluru CCD staffer.
After failed attempts by the son to get in contact with Siddhartha, a complaint was lodged with the police at 12.45 AM on Tuesday.
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Meanwhile, Congress leader and former minister D K Shivakumar visited former CM S M Krishna at his residence in Bengaluru.
Several other people began gathering at the former CM’s house following the unfortunate news about Siddhartha.
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Congress leader and former minister U T Khader, who was at the site of the search operation, told CNN News18, “I was shocked when I got the news. The Police Commissioner and DC have ordered a search operation and it is being carried out with the support of the locals. He has provided jobs to thousands of people and was a dear friend.”
(Copy of the police complaint attached below)
