A Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) special court found no foul play in the 2018 motor accident death of violinist Balabhaskar. CBI judge R. Rekha ruled out the family's demand for a further investigation. Back-to-back investigations by the Crime Branch and later the CBI found that Balabhaskar's driver Arjun was at the wheel when the accident occurred on September 25, 2018.
Balabhaskar, his wife Lakshmi, and their two-year-old daughter had driven non-stop from Thrissur to reach Thiruvananthapuram. The accident occurred at the fag end of the ill-fated journey at Pallipuram on the capital's outskirts.
A crash scene investigation revealed that the car had veered to the extreme right of the carriageway and dashed against a hard-wood avenue tree. The vehicle was mangled almost beyond recognition. Balabhaskar's two-year-old daughter Tejaswini Bala died on the spot. He died at a hospital a few days later. Balabhaskar's wife Lakshmi and Arjun were seriously injured in the crash.
