Cafe Coffee Day founder VG Siddhartha goes missing from Mangaluru

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Cafe Coffee Day founder VG Siddhartha
Cafe Coffee Day founder VG Siddhartha

Mangaluru : The founder of popular eatery Café Coffee Day, VG Siddhartha, has gone missing from Mangaluru in Karnataka, said police. According to a media report, he was last seen near Netravati river in the coastal town.

The cops were spotted on a bridge scanning the river below. They suspect he might have fallen into the river, the search operation has started.

1/1 Cops searching CCD owner at Netravati River Bridge

Cops searching CCD owner at Netravati River Bridge

Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa and Congress leaders DK Shivakumar and BL Shankar visited the Bengaluru home of BJP leader SM Krishna this morning.

Mr Siddhartha's offices were raided by income tax officers in September 2017. He is among the country's largest exporters of coffee bean. His family has been in the coffee-growing business for more than 130 years, says his profile page on the website of consultancy firm Mindtree, where he is a non-executive director.