THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A Malayali was among the eight Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnels who were killed in the terror strike at Pampore in Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday. Sub-inspector Jayachandran Nair, 52, of of Nanniyodu near Palode in Thiruvananthapuram district was identified as the deceased. The body was scheduled to reach Thiruvananthapuram airport by around 10.50 p.m. on Sunday and would be taken to CRPF camp at Pallipuram to pay official honours. The body was expected to reach his native place by wee hours on Monday.
A native of Velliyazhcha Kavu near Varkala, Jayachandran shifted to Nanniyode, which was his wife's native place, about ten years back. Son of Gopinathan Nair, Jayachandran leaves behind wife Sindhu and two daughters, Sneha, 14, a ninth standard student at a private school at Chettachal and eight year old Sruthi, a third standard student of the same school. Jayachandran, who joined the CRPF in 1983, was serving as a sub-inspector in the 161-battalion of the CRPF.
Gopakumar, a relative of Jayachandran, said that the latter had recently came on leave to attend a close relative's marriage and returned on June 2. The family got information regarding the mishap on Saturday evening, but the information regarding death was known through the media by Sunday morning.
