Caf\u00e9 Coffee Day founder V G Siddhartha was reported to have gone missing after he left from Bengaluru on Monday night, police said.Siddhartha, the son-in-law of former Karnataka chief minister S M Krishna, was headed for Sakaleshpur but on the way he had asked his driver to go towards Mangaluru, according to the police.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On reaching a bridge over the Netravati river in the Kotepura area in Dakshina Kannada district, he got down from the car and told his driver that he was going for a walk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“He asked the driver to wait till his arrival. When he did not return even after two hours, the driver approached the police and lodged a missing complaint,” deputy commissioner of Dakshina Kannada district Senthil Sasikant Senthil told.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
More than 200 policemen and divers on about 25 boats were carrying out searches for him. The deputy commissioner said that sniffer dogs have also been pressed into service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“The help of local fishermen is being taken in the search. We are checking who all he spoke to over phone,” Mangaluru Police Commissioner Sandeep Patil said in a message. Congress MLA U T Khader, who reached the spot, told local news channels that the police were looking into “all angles”. “The search is on,” he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In Bengaluru, Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa visited S M Krishna’s residence and held discussion with the family members. Senior Congress leader D K Shivakumar also visited Krishna’s residence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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