On Sunday, Cafe Coffee Day founder, late VG Siddhartha's father Gangaiah Hegde passed away at Shanthaveri Gopala Gowda hospital due to prolonged illness. According to the relatives of the deceased, the cremation will take place in Chikmagalur on Monday, reports news agency ANI. Hegde passed away nearly a month after his son coffee baron VG Siddhartha's demise.

Chairman and managing director of the Cafe Coffee Day (CCD) group, VG Siddhartha was found dead on the morning of July 31, 2019. His body was recovered from the Netravati river after 36 hours of an intense search operation. He was cremated on the same day.