Published 11:54 IST, July 31st 2019
VG Siddhartha's death: Karnataka Congress leaders Siddaramaiah & DK Shivakumar offer condolences, call it mysterious
Cafe Coffee Day owner VG Siddhartha's body was found on the banks of Netravati River near Hoige Bazaar in Mangaluru on Wednesday morning, two days after he went missing.
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Cafe Coffee Day owner VG Siddhartha's body was found on banks of Netravati River near Hoige Bazaar in Mangaluru on Wednesday morning, two days after he went missing. Reacting to development, Karnataka Congress chief Siddaramaih took to Twitter and said that death of VG Siddhartha is both disturbing and mysterious. He called for an impartial and fair investigation in matter, saying that invisible hands that ended his life in tragic way should be unearned.
In ar tweet, Congress leer spoke about last written by Cafe Coffee Day boss to his staff. Siddaramaiah alleged that letter, written by Siddhartha apologising to his staff, supposed to have written by hin few days before his death discusses about tax terrorism, which Congress leer ded is an ugly face of politically motivated institutions.
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Furr, condoling death of CCD boss, Congress leer DK Shivakumar said that Siddhartha was a simple and ligharted man and state cant seen such a great entrepreneur wash away.
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"Pray for his soul to rest in peace. Please leave family members and well-wishers. We don't want more harassment from anyone. What he's spoken, he's spoken. He was simple and largehearted. Karnataka can't see such a great entrepreneur wash away," Karnataka Congress leer said.
Meanwhile, mortal remains of CCD Founder have been shifted from mortuary to ambulance, and will be shifted to Chikkamgaluru.
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How VG Siddhartha went missing
Son-in-law of former Karnataka Chief Minister SM Krishna and founder of Cafe Coffee Day, VG Siddhartha, was last seen near Netravati river in Mangalore on Monday evening. As per details received from his driver's statement to police, Siddhartha left his Bengaluru residence at 11 am on Monday and en route to his estate in Sakaleshpur, changed course to Mangalore. At 6:30 pm, near Mangalore, just 2 kms from where Netravati river joins sea, Siddhartha h car stopped on a bridge, walked for a short while, asked his driver to park car ahe and said he will join him after a short walk. driver parked car almost a kilometer away, and waited for Siddhartha for an hour. When he didn't return, he tried calling his mobile which was turned off. Panicking, driver informed family.
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11:03 IST, July 31st 2019