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TRICHY: The mortal remains of martyred Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) soldier C Sivachandran reached Trichy airport in a special aircraft on Saturday. The mortal remains of other martyred CRPF soldier from Tamil Nadu was flown to Madurai in the special aircraft from Trichy. Four family members of the CRPF soldier including brother-in-law V Arun and cousin K Jayabal first received the body of the 38-year-old soldier. Subsequently, Defence minister Nirmala Sitharaman , Members of Parliament P Kumar, T Rathinavel, and State ministers Vellamandi Natarajan, S Valarmathi paid floral tributes. Sivachandran was among the 40 CRPF jawans killed in a terror attack in Pulwama of Jammu Kashmir on Thursday.Sivachandran's mortal remains were kept for public homage near the departure area of the Trichy International Airport at about 11.55 am..