Bengaluru, Aug 1 (TIWN) Some outlets of the popular coffee chain Cafe Coffee Day (CCD) in the central business district of Bengaluru have been shut on Wednesday as a mark of respect to its founder-chairman V.G. Siddhartha, who died in coastal Karnataka under mysterious circumstances, a company source said on Wednesday.

"All our 1,750 retail outlets in about 240 cities will remain shut for the day as a mark of respect to our founder-chairman Siddhartha who is no more," the source told IANS here.   The decision came just hours after Siddhartha's body was fished out of the Netravathi river on the west coast earlier in the day.   Offices of the CCD, including the Coffee Global Enterprises and the Amalgamated Bean Coffee (ABC) will also remain shut across the country.   "A holiday has also been declared for the workers and employees of all coffee estates in the three coffee districts of Chikkamagaluru, Hassan and Kodugu in the southern state due to the sudden death of coffee king Siddhartha," added the source.