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The body of Cafe Coffee Day founder V G Siddhartha, who had gone missing, was found on Wednesday in the Netravati river in Dakshina Kannada district of Karnataka after 36 hours of intense search.
The body had washed ashore near Ullal and was fished out by local fishermen.
In pic: Body of Cafe Coffee Day chief V G Siddhartha found near Hoigebazar in Mangaluru being shifted.
The body had washed ashore near Ullal and was fished out by local fishermen.
In pic: Body of Cafe Coffee Day chief V G Siddhartha found near Hoigebazar in Mangaluru being shifted.
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Friends and relatives have confirmed that the body is of Siddhartha.
In pic: The body of missing coffee tycoon V.G. Siddhartha is wheeled on a stretcher from an ambulance to a cold storage unit after local fishermen found it floating in the Netravati river in Mangalore.
In pic: The body of missing coffee tycoon V.G. Siddhartha is wheeled on a stretcher from an ambulance to a cold storage unit after local fishermen found it floating in the Netravati river in Mangalore.
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The body has been found after intense search with the help of NDRF, local coast guard police and fishermen. Further investigations are on. The body has been sent to Wenlock Hospital for further formalities.
In pic: A search team with divers on the Netravati river look for any trace of Indian coffee tycoon V.G. Siddhartha in Mangalore.
In pic: A search team with divers on the Netravati river look for any trace of Indian coffee tycoon V.G. Siddhartha in Mangalore.
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Congress MLA and Siddhartha's friend T D Rajegowda said the mortal remains will be handed over to the family.
Siddhartha's body will be taken to his native place in Chikkamagaluru where the businessman, the founder of India's largest coffee chain, went missing mysteriously on Monday night en route to the coastal city of Mangaluru.
In pic: People gathered outside mortuary at government Wenlock Hospital in Mangaluru.
Siddhartha's body will be taken to his native place in Chikkamagaluru where the businessman, the founder of India's largest coffee chain, went missing mysteriously on Monday night en route to the coastal city of Mangaluru.
In pic: People gathered outside mortuary at government Wenlock Hospital in Mangaluru.
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Former prime minister H D Deve Gowda also took to Twitter to express his condolences.
"I am shocked by the demise of V G Siddhartha. He was a very simple man. I knew him for the past 35 years. He had paved way for jobs for thousands of people. The government should properly investigate the cause of his tragic death," he wrote in Kannada.
In pic: H D Deve Gowda meet S M Krishna to stand by him on hearing the news of his son-in-law Cafe Coffee Day founder V G Siddhartha missing since Monday night.
"I am shocked by the demise of V G Siddhartha. He was a very simple man. I knew him for the past 35 years. He had paved way for jobs for thousands of people. The government should properly investigate the cause of his tragic death," he wrote in Kannada.
In pic: H D Deve Gowda meet S M Krishna to stand by him on hearing the news of his son-in-law Cafe Coffee Day founder V G Siddhartha missing since Monday night.
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Teams of National Disaster Response Force, Coast Guard, Home Guard, fire services and coastal police scoured the waters under a bridge in Kotepura area across the swollen Nethravathi river, where Siddhartha (60) was reportedly last seen on Monday night, to trace the coffee tycoon.
The businessman had left Bengaluru for Sakleshpur in Hassan district in a car on Monday afternoon, but on the way he had asked his driver to go towards Mangaluru, police said.
On reaching the bridge, he got off the car and told his driver he was going for a walk.
A fisherman had on Tuesday claimed that he saw someone jumping off the bridge.
In pic: Search operations continued late evening at Nethravathi river near Mangaluru for CCD chief V G Siddhartha.
The businessman had left Bengaluru for Sakleshpur in Hassan district in a car on Monday afternoon, but on the way he had asked his driver to go towards Mangaluru, police said.
On reaching the bridge, he got off the car and told his driver he was going for a walk.
A fisherman had on Tuesday claimed that he saw someone jumping off the bridge.
In pic: Search operations continued late evening at Nethravathi river near Mangaluru for CCD chief V G Siddhartha.
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