Summary:
Subramanian's family thanked the state government for the financial assistance and appealed to make the government job permanent. The defence minister consoled the martyr's pregnant wife Gandhimathi. The coffin was placed on a table amid 'veera vanakkam (bravery salute) to the Tuticorin hero' slogans raised by people who gathered at the airport.Chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami announced government jobs for one dependent each of Sivachandran and Subramanian. Later, the body was taken by road to his native Karkudi village in Ariyalur district where family members and locals were still in a state of shock as Sivachandran had left the hamlet after his vacation only a week ago. Subsequently, defence minister Nirmala Sitharaman , Union minister for skill development Anant Kumar Hegde, MPs P Kumar and T Rathinavel, and state ministers Vellamandi Natarajan and S Valarmathi offered floral tributes.Members of the public including farmers and students who turned up in thousands to pay floral tributes carrying national flags raised patriotic slogans with chants of "we want revenge" and "we want justice" while the defence minister was paying homage..