Two persons were awarded life imprisonment on Thursday (September 18, 2025) for murdering a financier in the district.The deceased was identified as Ruban Kaviarasu (42), a resident of Kamatchi Amman Kovil Street in Dharmapuri. He had remarried Nirmala (23), a final-year engineering student, in 2017 after being separated from his wife. She was in a relationship with the college assistant professor R. Abinesh (28), a resident of Nallampalli.According to the police, Abinesh and Nirmala decided to kill Ruban. They hired henchmen and kidnapped Ruban on November 14, 2017, and beat him severely and buried him alive.The Dharmapuri Town police registered a case and arrested the duo and eight others for the murder. The case trial was held at the Dharmapuri District Additional and Sessions Court and on Thursday, the court found Abinesh and Nirmala guilty and awarded life imprisonment. The remaining accused were acquitted. Published - September 18, 2025 07:33 pm IST