Body of Kochi's Ramachandran, Killed in Pahalgam Terror Attack, Brought Home

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The mortal remains of N Ramachandran, a 65-year-old from Edappally, Kochi, who was tragically killed in the Pahalgam terror attack, have been brought home. Ramachandran was among 26 tourists gunned down by militants in Kashmir’s Baisaran valley. His body was received at Kochi airport and kept for public homage at Changampuzha Park before the cremation at Shanthikavadam Crematorium. WATCH.

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00:00The body of N. Ramachandran, the 65-year-old Kochi resident who was tragically killed in the

00:08Pahalgam terror attack, has finally been brought home. His return marks a somber moment for Kerala

00:14as family, friends and the community gather to pay their last respects to a man whose life was cut

00:22short during a family vacation in Kashmir.

00:30N. Ramachandran, a native of Ida Palli in Kochi, was among the 26 innocent tourists killed

00:53in the brutal terrorist attack at Pahalgam in Jagannuin Kashmir. The attack occurred on Tuesday

00:59afternoon as Ramachandran, accompanied by his daughter Arathi and twin grandsons, was enjoying

01:05a walk on the scenic Baisaran meadow. His wife, Sheila, who had recently undergone angioplasty,

01:12stayed back at the hotel, while Ramachandran set out for sightseeing with his family.

01:18The terrorists, disguised in fatigues, opened fire indiscriminately on tourists, turning a peaceful

01:25holiday into a nightmare. In a harrowing ordeal, Arathi managed to escape with her children,

01:32but witnessed her father being gunned down before her eyes. The news of the tragedy was conveyed to

01:38the family by Arathi herself, who called relatives from Kashmir immediately after the incident.

01:45Ramachandran's body was initially shifted to SMHS hospital in Srinagar, where formalities were

01:51completed before being flown to Kochi. His son, Arvind Menon, who works in Bengaluru,

01:57travelled to Srinagar to facilitate the process. The mortal remains arrived in Kochi,

02:03where the community gathered for public homage at Changapuza Park before the final rides at

02:08Shantikavidam crematorium. My dad, mom, my sister and eight-year-old twin sons of my sister,

02:19four of them travel to Kashmir for tourism on 21st and on 22nd afternoon is when my sister calls me

02:28and says that there has been a terror attack and when I inquired that everyone is safe,

02:33I heard the news from her that my dad has been killed in front of my sister and in front of the kids.

02:44They heard the gunshot while they were on a horse ride. They jumped out to the house and then tried

02:51to escape and they crawled through a fence and once they crawled through the fence thinking it is safe,

02:57they found another guy, another terrorist, asking them to kneel down or be on the floor. Since they

03:05didn't understand what was the instructions, he shot another guy and then he asked them to recite

03:13Kalima, which is a Muslim Islamic verse and since they didn't understand what was the ask,

03:21he immediately shot him on the head and he died on the spot.

03:25Ramachandran was a Gulf returnee having worked in Qatar and the UAE

03:30for several years before returning to Kochi with his wife four years ago.

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