TN CM announces government jobs for kin of slain CRPF troopers

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami on Saturday announced that government jobs will be given to one family member each of the two Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) troopers - G Subramanian and C Sivachandran - who died in the terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district on Thursday.

In a statement issued here, Palaniswami said he has ordered a government job to one family member each of the slain CRPF troopers.

Palaniswami has also ordered Deputy Chief Minister O Panneerselvam, Minister for Information and Publicity Kadambur Raju, and the Thoothukudi District Collector to meet Subramanian's family members and console them on behalf of the state government.

Minister for Tourism Vellamandi N Natarajan, Chief Government Whip S Rajendran and Ariyalur District Collector would be meeting Sivachandran's family.