The body of Cafe Coffe Day founder VG Siddhartha was found from the banks of River Netravati in Mangaluru on Wednesday. The business Baron of Chikkamanglur was missing from Monday evening from the road bridge between Ullal and Mangaluru over the river.
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The body has been recovered
According to his driver, he got off from his car near a bridge in Kotekar on the Nethravathi River near Mangalore around 6.30 pm on Monday and did not come back. However, after an hour when there was no sign of him, the driver informed his family and the police about the situation. Since then, almost 200 policemen and 35 fishermen in boats started the search operation near the river as they speculated that Siddhartha might have committed suicide by jumping off the bridge.
After 2 days of a search operation, the police was able to recover the body 5km from a bridge across river Netravati around 6:50 am today. In fact, a fisherman had reported having seen a man jumping into the Netravathi river from the bridge on Monday evening.
Here is a fisherman who claims that he has seen #CafeCoffeeDay founder #VGSiddhartha jumping into netravati river. @indiatvnews pic.twitter.com/KSg48FGYSA
— T Raghavan (@NewsRaghav) July 30, 2019
Mangaluru’s commissioner of police Sandeep Patil had spoken to the media, “Around 6 am today we found a body in the Hoige Bazaar area and we are trying to confirm if it is Siddhartha. We have informed his family and we have also sent the body to Wenlock Hospital to complete formalities. Our investigation will continue.” Source
The son in law of former CM SM Krishna, wrote a letter to the CCD employees before he went missing. In the letter, he wrote, “I would like to say I gave it my all. I am very sorry to let down all the people that put their trust in me. I fought for a long time but today I gave up as I could not take any more pressure.”
Twitterati is in deep sorrow
After his death report, the whole country was in misery, people are showing their deep condolences towards his family. In fact, Many popular faces and common people took it to twitter and expressed their condolence. Here are those tweets.
The death of V G Siddhartha is both disturbing &mysterious. The reasons & the invisible hands that ended his life in this tragic way should be unearthed through impartial &fair investigation.
Our party & I shall always stand with Shri. S M Krishna in their fight for justice.
1/2— Siddaramaiah (@siddaramaiah) July 31, 2019
I am indirectly related to VG Siddhartha. Excellent human and brilliant entrepreneur. I am devastated with the contents of his letter. The Govt Agencies and Banks can drive anyone to despair. See what they are doing to me despite offer of full repayment. Vicious and unrelenting.
— Vijay Mallya (@TheVijayMallya) July 30, 2019
ಉದ್ಯಮಿ ಹಾಗೂ ಆತ್ಮೀಯ ಗೆಳೆಯ ಸಿದ್ಧಾರ್ಥ ಅವರ ನಿಧನದ ಸುದ್ದಿ ತಿಳಿದು ಆಘಾತಗೊಂಡಿದ್ದೇನೆ. ಕಳೆದ 25 ವರ್ಷಗಳ ಸ್ನೇಹಿತ ಸಿದ್ಧಾರ್ಥ ಅವರು ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದ ಕಾಫಿ ಉದ್ಯಮವನ್ನು ವಿಶ್ವಕ್ಕೆ ಪರಿಚಯಿಸಿದ್ದರು. ಸಹಸ್ರಾರು ನೌಕರರಿಗೆ ತಮ್ಮ ಸಂಸ್ಥೆಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಅವಕಾಶ ಕಲ್ಪಿಸಿದ್ದರು. ಅವರ ನಿಧನದಿಂದ ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ಶ್ರೇಷ್ಠ ಉದ್ಯಮಿಯೊಬ್ಬರನ್ನು ಕಳೆದುಕೊಂಡಿದೆ.
— H D Kumaraswamy (@hd_kumaraswamy) July 31, 2019
ಮಾಜಿ ಮುಖ್ಯಮಂತ್ರಿ ಶ್ರೀ ಎಸ್.ಎಂ.ಕೃಷ್ಣ ಅವರ ಅಳಿಯ ಕೆಫೆ ಕಾಫಿ ಡೇ ಸಂಸ್ಥಾಪಕ ಹಾಗೂ ಉದ್ಯಮಿ ಸಿದ್ದಾರ್ಥ್ ಅವರ ಸಾವು ತೀವ್ರ ಆಘಾತ ಹಾಗೂ ಅಪಾರ ನೋವು ತಂದಿದೆ. ಅವರ ಕುಟುಂಬಕ್ಕೆ ದುಃಖ ಸಹಿಸುವ ಶಕ್ತಿಯನ್ನು ಭಗವಂತ ಕರುಣಿಸಲಿ. ಅವರ ಆತ್ಮಕ್ಕೆ ಶಾಂತಿ ಸಿಗಲಿ. #OmShanti pic.twitter.com/313VJ9lQ4F
— B.S. Yediyurappa (@BSYBJP) July 31, 2019
No amount of money guarantees a peaceful life. A lot can happen over coffee, except negotiating life and business maybe. Our lives are ironic to our names, while 1 Siddhartha became the symbol of peace, the other teaches us the true importance of it. #VGSiddhartha #CafeCoffeeDay
— Danish Sait (@DanishSait) July 31, 2019
#VGSiddhartha case is very unfortunate.
Result of harassment by IT officials & decline of India’s entrepreneurial position turning virulent by the day, with Tax Terror & collapse of economy
Companies which flourished under UPA have been shut down with many people being jobless pic.twitter.com/rbwUymoM3B
— Karnataka Congress (@INCKarnataka) July 31, 2019
I am indirectly related to VG Siddhartha. Excellent human and brilliant entrepreneur. I am devastated with the contents of his letter. The Govt Agencies and Banks can drive anyone to despair. See what they are doing to me despite offer of full repayment. Vicious and unrelenting.
— Vijay Mallya (@TheVijayMallya) July 30, 2019
If you really want to honour #VGSiddhartha please go out and have a coffee at #CafeCoffeeDay. The staff need all the support they can get. You don’t have to post a photo or boast about it. Just do it. And remember the man and the brand he has built.
— Mohit Hira (@mohitoz) July 30, 2019
Heartbreaking. No entrepreneur deserves this. This is a collective failure of the entire ecosystem. Hoping for the safe return of #VGSiddhartha pic.twitter.com/AXVjkl7crZ
— Karthik R (@karthik0415) July 30, 2019
What a sombre morning!!
It's not easy to be successful businessman, especially in this country. #VGSiddhartha pic.twitter.com/rCvcHnvnvO— Vaishnavi Kondaguli (@vaishnavi_p_k) July 30, 2019
I call it "Starbucks Of INDIA", used to visit now and then
Sad to hear the news of founder V G Siddhartha
My tribute to "Cafe Coffee Day" @Starbucks #CCDFOUNDER #VGSiddhartha #CafeCoffeeDay pic.twitter.com/JhCiem1JcS— Your Day (@UdayKTweet) July 31, 2019
A day came in the country where farmers use to do suicide, now the trend is on entrepreneurs, sadistic to hear this.
Entrepreneurs are value chain makers. If they are lost, it's a big loss to the country.#RIPSiddhartha #VGSiddhartha— HiMaNsHu DoShI (@Himanshudoshi_) July 31, 2019
A true lesson learned today …How much ever one earns,A debt free person with good health is actually the rich person. #RIPSiddhartha
— Srijith (@SrijithNair6e) July 31, 2019
RIP Coffee King #VGSiddhartha
Someone with 8000 cr + of net worth and a strong political backing has surrendered his life to the pressure of debt … !!!#CafeCoffeeDay pic.twitter.com/3rIB8KTe2P
— சக மனிதன் (@commonmantalks) July 31, 2019
Will be remembered as a man who created 'cafe culture' in India and making it a world brand. RIP #VGSiddhartha .. this is totally an explanation of what is the fate of entrepreneurs in New India. Ease of doing business is only good in on paper rankings.#CafeCoffeeDay pic.twitter.com/aQjA0oL8EF
— Bhushan Patil (@bhushankpatil12) July 31, 2019
Feeling very sad for #VGSiddhartha May his soul rest in peace ?? Indeed a lot can happen over coffee #CafeCoffeeDay ? pic.twitter.com/zm0YiYHKXq
— Maitri Behura (@maitribehura) July 31, 2019
A dream died!#VGSiddhartha #CafeCoffeeDay pic.twitter.com/BHnPuWM912
— Shubham Anand (@milkywaychaser_) July 31, 2019
#VGSiddhartha May His Soul Rest in Peace.
A sad end to a legend who changed the way India drank coffee. My deepest condolences to his bereaved family pic.twitter.com/YL4VXJaBlQ— gpshots (@gpshots1) July 31, 2019
RIP V G Siddhartha. Truly, A Lot Can Happen Over A Coffee.
