Cafe Coffee Day founder V G Siddhartha, who had gone missing since Monday evening after intense search operations has been found dead. His body was recovered from the Netravati river in Dakshina Kannada district of Karnataka after 36 hours .

The body had washed ashore near Ullal and was fished out by local fishermen.

Mangalore MLA U T Khader said friends and relatives have confirmed that the body is of Siddhartha.

Siddhartha, who is the son-in-law of former Karnataka CM and BJP leader SM Krishna.

Former Karnataka Chief Minister and Congress leader Siddaramaiah , condoled Siddhartha’s death in his 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

The letter supposed to have written by V G Siddhartha few days before his death has discussed about tax terrorism, which is an ugly face of politically motivated institutions. What signals are we sending to the budding entrepreneurs without even an attempt to reform?

2/2 — Siddaramaiah (@siddaramaiah) July 31, 2019