Siddhartha knew about steps to avert harassment: Joshi

Agencies
July 31, 2019

New Delhi, Jul 31: Union Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and BJP leader Prahlad Joshi on Wednesday said that an enquiry will be conducted into Cafe Coffee Day (CCD) founder-owner VG Siddhartha's death.

He also said that there is a system in the country which is there to counter any harassment in economic cases.

"If at all there is any harassment, there is a system in the country. Siddhartha knew that there were steps that he could have taken to avert any harassment. However, a thorough inquiry would be conducted into the matter," Joshi said.

BJP leader Shobha Karandlaje also lamented the death of Siddhartha. "It is a very sad thing that Siddhartha is not amongst us anymore. He was a good man and a good industrialist. He had formed Cafe Coffee Day and Mindtree after working really hard for years," she said.

Following a massive search operation involving multiple agencies, the body of missing CCD founder-owner Siddhartha was found on the banks of Netravati River near Hoige Bazaar in Mangaluru.

The 58-year-old businessman was the son-in-law of former Karnataka Chief Minister SM Krishna and had gone missing since Monday evening from Mangaluru.
Siddhartha was spotted last Monday evening at the Netravati Bridge where he had gone for a stroll, Commissioner of Police, Mangalore, Sandeep Patil said.

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December 7,2025

Mangaluru, Dec 7: A 34-year-old fruit and vegetable trader in Mangaluru has reportedly lost ₹33.1 lakh after falling victim to an online investment scam run through a fake mobile app.

Police said the scam began in September, when the victim received a link on Facebook. Clicking it connected him to a WhatsApp number, where an unidentified person introduced a high-return investment scheme and instructed him to download an app.

To build trust, the fraudster asked him to invest ₹30,000 on September 24. The trader soon received ₹34,000 as “profit,” convincing him the scheme was genuine. Over the next two months, he transferred money in multiple instalments via Google Pay and IMPS to different scanner codes and bank accounts shared by the scammers. Between September 24 and December 3, he ended up sending a total of ₹33.1 lakh.

When he later requested a refund of his investment and promised returns, the scammers demanded additional payments, claiming he needed to pay a “service tax” first. Even after he paid a small amount, no money was returned, and the scammers continued pressuring him for more.

A case has been registered at the CEN Crime Police Station.

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