Hours after the Supreme Court rejected his plea, P Rajagopal, the owner of Saravana Bhavan hotels surrendered before the IV Additional Sessions court in Chennai.
In a bid to evade surrender, Rajagopal had gotten himself admitted in a hospital on Thursday. He then approached the Supreme court asking for an extension citing health reasons. But the Supreme Court gave no relief and ordered Rajagopal to surrender immediately.
The man, convicted in a murder case, had no other option but to surrender himself and came to the Chennai court in an ambulance from Vijaya Hospitals in Vadapalani on Tuesday evening. He will be lodged in Puzhal prison.
The Supreme Court had, in March 2019, upheld the life imprisonment sentence earlier awarded to him by the Madras High Court.