VG Siddhartha, the founder of India's largest coffee chain Cafe Coffee Day went missing on Monday evening near Netravati river in Mangaluru. The Karnataka police have also launched a search operation in the area.

According to a report in news agency ANI, the Mangalore Police commissioner said that Siddhartha had left Bengaluru on Monday and was travelling to Sakleshpur. He told his driver to stop the car on reaching Netravati Bridge and got down from the vehicle. He then asked the driver to go ahead and wait as he wanted to take a stroll. Later when his driver called him only to find that his phone was switched off, he contacted Siddharta's family and informed the police about the incident.