Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru (SP) 

Mangaluru, Aug 3: Provisional postmortem report of the mortal remains of Cafe Coffee Day founder, Siddhartha Hegde, has said that his death occurred due to respiratory blockage caused by drowning. The report was submitted by Dr Rajeshwari Devi, superintendent of the district Wenlock Hospital here to city (south) assistant commissioner of police, Kodandarama, who happens to be the investigating officer of the case, on Friday August 2. 

The confidentiality of the report has been maintained. It is learnt that no other reasons have been attributed to Siddhartha's death at this stage. Hospital sources said that the report has mentioned that all other details relating to the death would be mentioned in the final report. 

The body of Siddhartha had been handed over to his family members after conducting postmortem at Wenlock Hospital's mortuary on July 31. The postmortem was performed by Dr Pratheek Rustogi, forensic expert of KMC Hospital, and Dr Rashmi of forensic science department of Wenlock Hospital. Viscera of the body had been sent to forensic laboratory at Davanagere for testing as suspicions and rumours about the suspicious circumstances under which Siddhartha died surfaced. 

Police sources said that on the face of it, Siddhartha appears to have committed suicide. However, the provisional report has not gone into detailed analysis about the death of Siddhartha. The final report would be prepared after report from the forensic science laboratory at Davanagere is received. The provisional report mentions that reason for the death would be mentioned in the final report thereafter. 

Viscera of different parts of the body were sent to the forensic science laboratory at Davanagere, and it might take about ten days to get report from there, sources stated.