New Delhi: The owner of Saravana Bhavan chain of hotels, P. Rajagopal, has been ordered by the Supreme Court to surrender. The top court this morning upheld the conviction and life sentence of Rajagopal for the murder of an employee of Saravana Bhavan, who was working with the hotel group, in 2001.
Rajagopal, out on bail granted by the Supreme Court in 2009, has to surrender by July 7. Rajagopal had challenged the Madras High Court verdict, sentencing him to life for murdering an employee, Santhakumar. The hotel chain owner plotted the murder of Santhakumar, to marry his wife, the prosecution had argued.
