 His unexpected death led to a case by his friends and family which has been filed for investigation through Kochi City Police.On 18 March 2016, based on the forensic test from the Regional Chemical Examiner's Laboratory, death cause was identified with high probability a highly poisonous chemical, Chlorpyrifos—usually used in insecticides, which is banned in many countries for residential use, it is considered as a hazardous substance for general ecology.Presence of chlorpyrifos along with methyl and ethyl alcohol contents were found excessively in the test samples.