Remembering Warriors: Unborn child will never meet father

C Sivachandran, 33, Tamil Nadu

The family of C Sivachandran has been left numbed by the news of him being killed in the Pulwama terrorist attack.

Sivacharan, hailing from Karkudi in Tamil Nadu's Ariyalur district, is survived by his wife Gandhimathi and 2-year-old son Sivamuniyan, parents and a differently-abled sister.

His family members said that Gandhimathi was four months pregnant. Sivachandran was the sole breadwinner of the family.

"We are now orphaned. I have a two-year-old son and I am four months pregnant. I don't know how we are going to live without him. We are all orphans now," said wailing Gandhimathi.

"We are not going to do anything with the financial assistance given to us. My son went to save the country has left the world abandoning his family," Chinnaiyan said.

This is the second tragic incident to happen in Sivachandran's family in as many years. Last year, Sivachandran's younger brother Selvachandran was electrocuted while working in Chennai. After his younger brother's death, Sivachandran has become the sole breadwinner of his family. His father Chinnaiyan was a daily wager.

Sivachandran who had come leave in the first week of January returned to duty on February 9 after spending time with his family.

His relatives have appealed to the Tamil Nadu government to appoint Sivachandran's wife Gandhimathi who has done a nursing course in a government hospital.