India-origin man dies days after Australian police allegedly knelt on his neck

Gaurav Kundi from Modbury North in Adelaide died surrounded by his family on June 12, 2025, after he was hospitalised for an “unrecoverable” brain injury, 7News Australia reported.
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A 42-year-old man of Indian origin died days after an Australian police officer allegedly knelt on his neck during an attempted arrest, a media report said on Sunday (June 15, 2025).

Gaurav Kundi from Modbury North in Adelaide died surrounded by his family on Thursday (June 12, 2025) after he was hospitalised for an “unrecoverable” brain injury, 7News Australia reported.

Police attempted to arrest Kundi on Payneham Road at Royston Park, alleging that it had witnessed an “altercation” between him and a woman.

The video footage of the incident showed Kundi being forced by the police, while he and his wife, Amritpal Kaur, loudly protested. “I’ve done nothing wrong,” Kundi shouted while Ms. Kaur filmed the incident and cried out that the police were acting unfairly.

Kundi was rushed to a hospital after his condition declined, and he “became unresponsive” during the attempted arrest.

The police said Kundi violently resisted the arrest and was intoxicated. They said the couple were allegedly arguing, and a passing patrol reportedly mistook the incident for domestic violence. However, Ms. Kaur said her husband was simply drunk and loud, not violent.

Meanwhile, South Australian Police Commissioner Grant Stevens told ABC Radio Adelaide they would investigate the incident in addition to a probe by detectives of the internal investigation section.

The inquiry would review South Australian police’s policies, practices and procedures, including training in relation to responding to incidents.

The South Australian police said no one was shot, and no police taser was deployed at the scene.

The media have compared the arrest to the George Floyd case in the U.S. in 2020. Floyd was murdered by a Minneapolis police officer, Derek Chauvin, who pressed his knee and the weight of his body against the 46-year-old Black American man’s neck.