Saravana Bhavan restaurant chain owner P Rajagopal (72) died in a Chennai hospital on Thursday, two days after he was shifted from jail where he was serving life term for murdering his employee. A division bench of Justice M M Sundaresh and Justice M Nirmal Kumar gave the order on a petition filed by Rajagopal’s son R Saravanan. He wanted to marry his employee Prince Santhakumar’s wife Jeevajyothi who would have been his third wife. A Sessions Court found Rajagopal as guilty and awarded 10 years of imprisonment in 2004. While he was scheduled to surrender on July 7, Rajagopal petitioned the SC to give him more time.

Source: Hindustan Times July 18, 2019 05:37 UTC