August 15, 2017 08:33 am | Updated 08:33 am IST - SIVAGANGA
Final journey: Villagers mourn as the body of the slain soldier P. Ilayaraja is taken to the burial ground at Kandani village in Sivaganga district on Monday.
Soldier laid to rest
with military honours
Hundreds of grief-stricken people of Kandani village bade a tearful farewell as the body of P. Ilayaraja, the sepoy who was killed in an encounter in Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday morning, was laid to rest at his native village near Ilayangudi on Monday evening with the full military guard of honour.
Colonel S.S. Pandian, Station Staff Officer, Station Headquarters, Tiruchi, spoke.
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