Actor Shine Tom Chacko
Credit: Facebook/Shine Tom Chacko
Thiruvananthapuram: Malayalam actor Shine Tom Chacko's father died in a road accident at Dharmapuri in Tamil Nadu during the wee hours of Friday.
The actor, his mother, brother and their driver were also reported to be injured.
As per reports, the accident occurred after their car rammed into the rear side of a lorry after the lorry changed track.
Shine's father C P Chacko died on the spot. Shine and others were admitted to a hospital at Pallakottai.
Shine, who was earlier acquitted in a narcotic case, was recently held after he ran away from a hotel during a police raid against drug peddling. A woman held for drug peddling had also named Shine among those in the film filed to whom she supplied drugs.
Shine was reportedly undergoing rehabilitation. The family was said to be travelling to Bengaluru in connection with Shine's treatment.
(With agency inputs)