At least 44 CRPF personnel, including Subramanian and Siva Chandran, were killed in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district on Thursday when a Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorist rammed an explosives-laden vehicle into the bus they were travelling in, one of the worst terror strikes in the state in recent years. The Mortal remains of two TN soldiers Subramanian and Siva Chandran were brought to Tamil Nadu.

Earlier, Tamil Nadu government had announced Rs 20 lakh ex-gratia to the families of deceased soldiers. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami on Saturday announced government job offers for the family members of the martyred soldiers.

Police said the terrorist driving the suicide vehicle was Adil Ahmad from Kakapora in Pulwama who joined the JeM in 2018.

Defence Minister Nirmala Sitaraman and Union Minister Pon Radhakrishnan on Saturday paid floral tribute to the soldiers and many political party leaders met the kin of the soldiers and offered their condolences.