V G Siddhartha’s body found, family called in for identification

V G Siddhartha, founder of Cafe Coffee Day and son in law of former Karnataka chief minister, S M Krishna is no more. His body was found after a 36 hour search. 

The body was found in the river at the Hoige Bazar area in Mangalore. Siddhartha was missing since Monday.

The body was found after a massive search operation that was launched on Monday evening. The operation lasted 36 hours and involved 8 teams. Search operations were called off on Monday night and resumed early Tuesday morning.

A fisherman is said to have told the police that he saw a man likely to be Siddhartha jumping into the river. The police has recorded the statement of the fisherman Symond D’Souza.

The fisherman said that he heard a loud sound at around 7 pm on Monday. He said that he saw a man struggling to float, but by the time, he could reach there, he had drowned. The fisherman said he could reach the spot, but as the current was strong, he could not find the man.