As news of their tragic end spread the Thoothukudi and Ariyalur districts plunged in grief.
Sivachandran's wife Gandhimathi breaks down at Kargudi village in Ariyalur district after hearing the death of her husband in Pulwama attack on Thursday. (Photo: DC)
Chennai: Two jawans from Tamil Nadu are among the 44 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) soldiers killed when a suicide bomber rammed a vehicle laden with explosives onto their bus in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district.
As news of their tragic end spread the Thoothukudi and Ariyalur districts plunged in grief. Their grief resonated in other parts of Tamil Nadu.
Expressing his grief at the death of the two troopers from Tamil Nadu — G. Subramanian of Thoothukudi and C. Sivachandran of Ariyalur — in Thursday's suicide bombing in Pulwama district, Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami on Friday announced a solatium of '20 lakh each to the families of two troopers from the state.
( Source : Deccan Chronicle. )
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