THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Balabhaskar and his wife Lakshmi had their child Thejaswi after a long wait of 16 years. Thejaswi was killed in a car accident Tuesday morning. Balabhaskar married his Lakshmi while studying for MA Sanskrit in University College when he was just 22 years old. Lakshmi was studying MA Hindi in the same college. Though both their families opposed them, they stood together and got married.

Lakshmi decided to support Balabhaskar’s musical career after marrying him. After treatments and prayers for over 16 years, their daughter Thejaswi was born in 2016.

Kaniyapuram-Pallipuram area is an accident-prone area and Balabhaskar’s family met with the accident here on Tuesday morning. Former Chief Minister K Karunakaran had also met with an accident here years ago.