Indian Origin Man Dies Two Weeks After Australian Police Knelt on His Neck During Attempted Arrest
The Wire Staff
New Delhi: Two weeks after a police officer in Australia allegedly knelt on the neck of a 42-year-old Indian origin man during an attempted arrest, the latter died.
Guarav Kundi, 42, who was a resident of Modbury North in Adelaide, died on Thursday (June 12, 2025). He was hospitalised for an “unrecoverable brain injury” reported 7News Australia.
According to South Australia Police, they witnessed an incident between a man and a woman on Payneham Rd in Royston Park at around 2:45am on May 29.
However, 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 was heard shouting while. Kaur filmed the incident and said that the police were acting unfairly, reported Press Trust of India.
During the attempted arrest, Kundi became unresponsive and was rushed to a hospital.
The police said Kundi that violently resisted the arrest and was intoxicated, adding that the couple was allegedly arguing, and a passing patrol reportedly mistook the incident for domestic violence.
However, Kaur said Kundi was simply drunk and loud, not violent.
While the police maintained that nobody was shot and police tasers were not deployed at the scene, Kundi’s arrest and his subsequent death has resulted into a commissioner’s inquiry.
The South Australia police commissioner Grant Stevens told ABC Radio Adelaide the inquiry would be conducted “on top of” an investigation by major crime and the internal investigation section detectives.
In May 2020, George Floyd, a 46-year-old Black American man died after a white police officer from the Minneapolis police department knelt on his neck while other officers held him down or kept disturbed witnesses from intervening.
His death triggered nationwide street protests against police brutality and renewed the American debate about racism in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic and months away from the Nov. 3 presidential election.
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