TRICHY/ MADURAI : Amid a rising tide of emotions and chants of patriotic slogans, the mortal remains of slain CRPF soldiers C Sivachandran, 33, and G Subramanian, 28, who were killed in the terror attack in Pulwama , Kashmir, on Thursday, were laid to rest in their native villages in Ariyalur and Tuticorin districts.The bodies of the two soldiers from Tamil Nadu were flown in by a special IAF aircraft from New Delhi along with those of two other fellow martyrs.Sivachandran's body was brought to the public space near the departure terminal of Trichy airport where his family members including brother-in-law V Arun and cousin K Jayabal received it. 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. 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. The defence minister consoled the martyr's pregnant wife Gandhimathi. After about two hours, the body was taken to Sivachandran's farmland at Karkudi where it was buried with a 21-gun salute from a team of paramilitary personnel.Later, tourism minister Vellamandi N Natarajan handed over a cheque for 20 lakh from the state government to the family members.The mortal remains of Subramanian were laid to rest with full state honours in an agricultural land belonging to his family in his native Savalapperi village near Kayathar in Tuticorin district at 5.55 pm.Union minister of state for shipping and finance Pon Radhakrishnan, deputy chief minister O Panneerselvam and state information and publicity minister Kadambur C Raju were among the thousands who thronged the village to pay their last respects.As his body was laid to rest amid heartrending scenes, relatives and friends of the slain CRPF personnel asked in tears, "When will we see you again?Earlier in the day, the special aircraft carrying his body landed in Madurai around 12.45 pm. 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. Subramanian's family thanked the state government for the financial assistance and appealed to make the government job permanent.

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