THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Since the arrests related to gold smuggling, the mystery surrounding violinist Balabhaskar’s accident death has been thickening. What has been puzzling since the accident is the question – who was driving the car at the time of the accident?

Driver Arjun has often said it was Balabhaskar who was driving the car at the time of the accident but Balabhaskar’s wife Lakshmi has contradicted this always.

Arjun’s statement then:

“Till Kollam, I was driving the car. After that, we stopped the car at a juice shop to drink a 'shake'. After that, I dozed off in seat as I was very tired. At that time it was Balu who took the wheels. Lakshmi didn’t notice Balu sitting in the driver’s seat.”

Meanwhile, Arjun and the son of Poonthottam hospital authority have gone into hiding after apparently coming to know that Crime branch would be questioning them soon. This incident has made the case more mysterious. Witness accounts also said Arjun was driving the car. Moreover, police said Arjun’s injuries were the kind of ones that usually occur to a person sitting in the driver’s seat at the time of accidents.

Incidentally, Juice shop owner has also changed his statement that Balu’s friend Prakash Thampi had taken away the hard disk of the CCTV from his shop and returned it after some days.

The accident that took away the life of Balu and her daughter happened on September 25, 2018.