Blast from the past: When dosa king P Rajagopal was convicted of murder

Owner of the renowned South Indian food chain, Sarvana Bhawan, P Rajagopal, who was sentenced to life imprisonment in a murder case of his employee, surrendered in the Madras High Court on Tuesday. Donning an oxygen mask, the 72-year old came to the High Court in an ambulance.

Rajagopal was convicted in a 2001 kidnapping an murder case of an employee, Santa Kumar. The 'dosa king' allegedly murdered the employee to marry his wife.

In 2004, a sessions court in Chennai convicted Rajagopal and eight others for culpable homicide with 10 years rigorous imprisonment. Rajagopal appealed to the Madras High Court. The high court convicted him for a life in prison in 2009.

Watch India Today's archival video of the dosa king's conviction...