'Could've Been Avoided...': Wife Of Indian Man Hit By Australian Cops Reveals What Happened

Last Updated:June 03, 2025, 13:57 IST

Gaurav Kundi, an Indian-origin man, is on life support, after he was violently arrested by the Australian Police last week. His wife has detailed what exactly transpired that day.

Indian-origin man in coma after police assault in Australia (Image: X)

An Indian-origin man is battling for his life at a hospital in Australia’s Adelaide as he slipped into a coma after his brain and nerves in his neck suffered damage from hitting his head on the road during a violent arrest by the local police, according to reports.

The incident was recorded by 42-year-old victim, Gaurav Kundi’s wife, Amritpal Kaur, who protested his arrest. “I’ve done nothing wrong," Kundi shouted at the police, while his wife was calling the arrest unfair.

However, she stopped filming the incident as one of the police officers drove his knee into Kundi’s neck. “Just 19 seconds video because I got panicked and I just sit on the ground with Gaurav," she told 9News.

How Did The Incident Take Place Against The Indian-Origin Man?

She recalled that Kundi’s head was slammed against the police vehicle and the road during the police’ arrest, after which he became unconscious.

“I was keep saying he’s not well, he’s not well, please don’t do this, just call the ambulance," Kaur told 9News, recalling the incident.

After the wife’s protest, Kundi was admitted to Royal Adelaide Hospital, where he remains on life support.

“Doctors are saying his brain is totally damaged. Maybe he will wake up if brain works, or maybe he will not," Kaur said.

His Wife Narrates Entire Incident

What unfolded on the Payneham Road in the Australian city was a sheer horror for a wife who saw her husband lose consciousness due to alleged police brutality on Thursday morning.

Kaur said that Kundi was drunk before he left home and started walking along the Payneham Road, according to the report.

“I just go out and follow him. What are you doing here? Let’s get back home. You are drunk. You are not well. We will go home," she told 9News, to have told her husband.

“He just pushed me a little bit. You get aside, I can walk," she quoted her husband as tell her.

The wife believes this may have been presumed by the passing patrol of a case of domestic violence.

“The policeman think he’s assaulting me and doing domestic violence on the road but policeman is wrong. He is just drunk and that’s why he is loud, nothing else," she said.

She said that the situation could have been avoided if the cops had asked what had happened.

“They needed to ask first what we were doing," Kaur said on Sunday night. “(The police) can’t do this s**t with someone’s life," she added.

The police, however, claimed that Kundi violently resisted the officers.

Kundi suffered head injuries when he was slammed into the police car and the road. A police official also kneed in his neck when he was on the ground.

“His brain is damaged because policeman hit very badly on the road. On the car, his head. And his neck nerve," Kaur said.

While the police attempted to arrest him, Kaur also warned the cops that he had pre-existing health conditions.

“His health is not very good and his heart is not working," she said.

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