Kerala HC orders probe into dying of Violinist Balabhaskar; asks CBI to look into gold smuggling angle
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By Express News Service
KOCHI: The Kerala High Court on Thursday directed the CBI to conduct an extra investigation into the dying of violinist Balabhaskar. Balabhaskar was travelling with his spouse and two-year-old daughter from Thrissur to Thiruvananthapuram early on September 25, 2018, when their automobile met with an accident on the outskirts of the capital metropolis.
While the daughter died on the spot, an injured Balabhaskar handed away on October 2. His spouse and driver escaped with accidents.
Justice Bechu Kurian Thomas noticed that the investigation by the CBI was not foolproof. Hence, the investigating officer is directed to research the crime additional, particularly to establish whether or not there was any conspiracy or connection with the actions of gold smuggling.
The court docket additionally put aside the order of the Chief Judicial Magistrate Court, Thiruvananthapuram accepting the report of CBI terming it as an accident, with no proof to show in any other case.
The court docket handed the order on a writ petition filed by Okay.C.Unni, father of Balabhaskar, and one other particular person looking for a directive to the CBI to additional examine the case. The CBI took over the investigation on July 27, 2020, and filed a report concluding that it was a case of a street accident. The petitioners alleged that the CBI had not carried out the investigation correctly and had submitted the ultimate cost sheet in haste.
The CBI submitted earlier than the HC that the investigation within the case had revealed that there was no proof of any conspiracy behind the violinist’s dying. Nor was there any legal intention on the a part of the accused to commit against the law. It was a case of a street accident attributable to rash and negligent driving.
KOCHI: The Kerala High Court on Thursday directed the CBI to conduct an extra investigation into the dying of violinist Balabhaskar. Balabhaskar was travelling with his spouse and two-year-old daughter from Thrissur to Thiruvananthapuram early on September 25, 2018, when their automobile met with an accident on the outskirts of the capital metropolis.
While the daughter died on the spot, an injured Balabhaskar handed away on October 2. His spouse and driver escaped with accidents.
Justice Bechu Kurian Thomas noticed that the investigation by the CBI was not foolproof. Hence, the investigating officer is directed to research the crime additional, particularly to establish whether or not there was any conspiracy or connection with the actions of gold smuggling.googletag.cmd.push(perform() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );
The court docket additionally put aside the order of the Chief Judicial Magistrate Court, Thiruvananthapuram accepting the report of CBI terming it as an accident, with no proof to show in any other case.
The court docket handed the order on a writ petition filed by Okay.C.Unni, father of Balabhaskar, and one other particular person looking for a directive to the CBI to additional examine the case. The CBI took over the investigation on July 27, 2020, and filed a report concluding that it was a case of a street accident. The petitioners alleged that the CBI had not carried out the investigation correctly and had submitted the ultimate cost sheet in haste.
The CBI submitted earlier than the HC that the investigation within the case had revealed that there was no proof of any conspiracy behind the violinist’s dying. Nor was there any legal intention on the a part of the accused to commit against the law. It was a case of a street accident attributable to rash and negligent driving.
