Tearful Adieu to Coffee Tycoon
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SSP/LW/NP-34/2019-21 @TheDailyPioneer facebook.com/dailypioneer instagram.com/dailypioneer/ Established 1864 OPINION 8 WORLD 11 SPORT 15 Published From ESSENTIALS OF BUS STRIKES ROADSIDE BOMB IN ENG TO FACE AUS DELHI LUCKNOW BHOPAL BHUBANESWAR AFGHANISTAN, 32 KILLED RANCHI RAIPUR CHANDIGARH A GOOD HOST IN 1ST ASHES TEST DEHRADUN HYDERABAD VIJAYWADA Late City Vol. 155 Issue 209 *Air Surcharge Extra if Applicable LUCKNOW, THURSDAY AUGUST 1, 2019; PAGES 16 `3 SUPER 30 TAX-FREE IN MAHARASHTRA 14} VIVACITY } www.dailypioneer.com Tearful adieu to coffee tycoon CBI books Sengar CCD owner Siddhartha, whose body was fished out of Netravati river 2 days after he went missing, cremated for murder of rape KESTUR VASUKI/AGENCIES n im chief operating officer BENGALURU (COO) of the company, Coffee Day Enterprises, which runs he mystery over the where- India’s biggest coffee chain Tabouts of Cafe Coffee Day CCD, said in a regulatory filing. survivor’s aunts (CCD) owner VG Siddhartha CCD, India’s biggest coffee PNS n NEW DELHI Agency indicts nine — who went missing two days chain, is facing mounting debts ago — ended on a sombre note which topped almost `4,500 he CBI has booked Uttar others also for fatal with the recovery of his body crore. Though the group had TPradesh MLA Kuldeep from the Netravati River in raised debt from banks, mutu- Singh Sengar and nine others collision with Unnao Dakshina Kannada district on al funds and NBFCs among on murder charges in connec- Wednesday at 4.30 am. others, Siddhartha’s letter to the tion with the truck-car collision rape victim’s car The billionaire coffee board made public on Tuesday at Gurubakshganj area of Rae tycoon, whose chain of cafes also pointed to pressure from Bareli that left the 19-year-old helped make coffee a lifestyle a private equity partner to Unnao rape victim and her beverage and brought in latte, buy-back its holdings in Coffee lawyer critically injured and cappuccino, Americano and Day Enterprises. It said the pri- two of her relatives dead. espresso into the urban Indian vate equity partner exerted The CBI has already lexicon, was 59 and was cre- pressure on him and his busi- chargesheeted Sengar in the mated on Wednesday at his nesses. rape allegation levelled by the estate in his home district of Congress leader Shashi Unnao girl. She was allegedly Chikkamagaluru after hun- Nethravathi River. Tharoor on Wednesday react- raped in 2017 by the MLA dreds of people paid a tearful Sources said hours before ed to the death of Siddhartha when she was a minor. adieu to him. his disappearance, Siddhartha and tagging a news report, Besides Sengar, those He is survived by his wife Family members and relatives pay their last respects to the mortal remains of Cafe Coffee Day founder VG Siddhartha in had phoned his personal staff tweeted, “‘Ease of Doing named in the accident FIR the family of the complainant. Malavika and two sons. Chikkmagaluru on Wednesday PTI at the CCD head office in Business’ under BJP translates include his brother Manoj It was further alleged that in His son Amartya lit the Bengaluru and asked them to into ‘Ease of Ending Business’. Singh Sengar, Arun Singh, this matter, the accident that funeral pyre after the last rites until the investigation is over. called Siddhartha “a at the cremation place along make the purported suicide he The #VGSiddhartha tragedy Vinod Mishra, Hari Pal Singh, occurred on July 28, 2019, has were performed according to The body of Siddhartha simple man and a pioneer in with other family members. had written to make public. reflects the worst of a broader, Navin Singh, Komal Singh, resulted in loss of two lives. the traditions of the Vokkaliga was traced after 36 hours of an popularising Indian coffee in Former Chief Minister HD The letter referred to the deeply worrying trend.” Gyanendra Singh, Rinku Singh, Also the Unnao victim and the community from which he intensive search operation. the world.” Kumaraswamy, Congress tremendous pressure he was Late coffee tycoon’s mobile advocate Awadhesh Singh, and family lawyer (both passengers hailed, in the presence of a large After local fishermen fished it “I can’t even imagine why leader DK Shivakumar and under from lenders and harass- phone has so far not been 15-20 unidentified persons. in a car) are still under treat- number of people. out, police rushed to the spot. a person who would have been host of VIPs paid their respects ment from Income Tax offi- recovered by the authorities. The accused have been ment at a hospital in Lucknow,” Poignant scenes were wit- Mangalore MLA UT under the guidance of SM to Siddhartha. cials. He had said in the letter His wallet which contained charged with IPC sections the CBI spokesperson said. nessed as Amartya broke down Khader said friends and rela- Krishna ends his life. I give my Siddhartha went missing that he was very sorry to let his credit and debit cards and relating to murder, attempt to After collecting the case several times while performing tives confirmed that the body tributes to his family,” he said. mysteriously on Monday night down all the people that put his ID card have been found. murder, criminal conspiracy documents from the UP Police, the rituals. is of Siddhartha. After identification, the en route to the coastal city of their trust in him. Fugitive liquor baron Vijay and criminal intimidation. the CBI team inspected the 87-year-old former Chief Earlier, the officials con- body was kept at Wenlock Mangaluru. Following which Meanwhile, Coffee Day Mallya, who is facing extradi- The CBI has constituted a crime scene and the truck Minister SM Krishna, father- firmed his identity and after the Hospital in Mangaluru, the police had launched a mas- Enterprises Ltd named former tion proceedings in the UK, on team for “speedy and smooth which had hit the white Maruti in-law of Siddhartha, and his post-mortem handed over the from where it was taken sive search operation on chief secretary of Karnataka Wednesday, took to Twitter to investigation” of the case. The Swift car. As part of the probe, wife Prema too fought hard to body to the family members for to Chettanahalli estate Tuesday with teams of National and independent director of the draw parallels with the case of probe team reached the CBI sleuths also spoke to control their emotions. last rites. near Mudigere in Disaster Response Force CCD SV Ranganath as the CCD founder Siddhartha, who Gurubakshganj on Wednesday. police officers who were the A police official said Karnataka Chief Minister Chikkamagaluru district. (NDRF), Coast Guard, Home interim chairman of the com- in his suicide letter has alleged “It was alleged that the first respondents after the acci- “everything” points to suicide, BS Yediyurappa, who was pre- SM Krishna was seen Guard, fire services and coastal pany. The board also appoint- “harassment” by the Income accused persons were conspir- dent was reported. but nothing can be ruled out sent at the place of the last rites, supervising the arrangements police scouring the swollen ed Nitin Bagmane as an inter- Tax Department officials. ing, threatening and harassing Continued on Page 7 JAUHAR UNIVERSITY RAIDS CAPSULE SC strength House gives teeth to MVA WIDOW KIDNAPS ‘SON’ DURING FUNERAL, HELD Muzaffarnagar: The wife of a Azam Khan's son detained; raised to 34 lawyer, who was found dead three days ago, and six others were PTI n NEW DELHI to discipline road users arrested for allegedly stealing from his house and abducting his 2.5K rare books recovered gainst the backdrop of ris- PNS n NEW DELHI Min penalty for rules violation goes up three-year-old son during his Aing cases in the Supreme cremation in Muzaffarnagar. PTI n LUCKNOW have been recovered, a senior Raising slogans against Court, the Union Cabinet on arliament on Wednesday from `100 to `500, max fixed at `10,000 official said, adding the probe the Yogi Adityanath govern- Wednesday approved increas- Papproved the Motor RAJ INVITES DIDI TO P leader Azam Khan's in the matter is on. ment, the SP leaders includ- ing the number of judges in the Vehicles (Amendment) Bill ANTI-EVM CAMPAIGN SMLA son was detained on The recovered books are ing MLAs and MLCs alleged top court from the present 30 2019 that aims to infuse more Kolkata: MNS chief Raj Wednesday for allegedly ancient and valuable, he said. their party men were being to 33, excluding the chief jus- discipline on roads by tighten- Thackeray on Wednesday met obstructing officials during a Investigation in the case deliberately harassed and tice of India, Union Minister ing rules and increasing penal- West Bengal CM Mamata raid at Mohammad Ali Jauhar began on June 16 after Zubair framed in fake cases. Prakash Javadekar said. ties. The Bill passed in the Banerjee and invited her to his University in Rampur, trig- Khan, principal of Oriental “The BJP government is At present, the sanctioned Rajya Sabha envisages a sea party’s campaign to shun EVMs gering a protest by party College in Rampur, earlier working to settle political strength of the apex court is 30, change in how Indian roads and return to ballot papers. workers. known as Madrasa Aliya, vendetta. SP workers are excluding the CJI. and vehicular transportation Till now, 2,500 rare, lodged an FIR alleging over murdered and being framed Once the bill to increase are governed. ACTRESS FILES PLAINT ON stolen books have been 9,000 books were stolen and in fake cases.