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Saravana Bhavan founder P Rajagopal dies after suffering heart attack

Rajagopal had surrendered in Madras High Court on July 9 to serve his life imprisonment for the kidnap and murder of a man named Prince Shanthakumar

P Rajagopal, owner of Saravana Bhavan
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 P Rajagopal, owner of South Indian food chain Sarvana Bhawan,  died on Thursday morning at 10:39 am after suffering a heart attack. The 72-year old was shifted to a private hospital earlier this week after his health condition deteriorated. 

 Rajagopal had surrendered in  Madras High Court on July 9 to serve his life imprisonment for the kidnap and murder of a man named Prince Shanthakumar, husband of a lady named Jeevajothi whom Rajagopal wanted to marry as his third wife.  The motive for the killing was to marry Shantakumar's wife Jeevajothi, who was the daughter of a former employee -- an