NEW DELHI: An Indian restaurant tycoon known as the 'Dosa King' died in hospital Thursday (Jul 18), a week after beginning a life sentence for the ...
P Rajagopal, 71, was convicted for the murder of his love interest's husband in 2004, but only went to jail this month when the Supreme Court rejected his final appeal.Rajagopal, who turned his Saravana Bhavan restaurant into a global chain, died at Chennai's Vijaya hospital where he was taken on Tuesday with heart problems.
Before beginning his sentence, Rajagopal had pleaded to be allowed to remain free because of his ill-health.P Rajagopal, India's 'dosa king', was found guilty of having a romantic rival murdered. Rajagopal rose from rags to riches to create a chain which now has more than 80 restaurants in India and around the world, from London's Leicester Square to New York's Lexington Avenue but also Singapore, Sydney and Stockholm.
But his success was overshadowed by his conviction for the killing of the husband of a woman he wanted to make his third wife.
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