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SA man dies after becoming unresponsive during attempted arrest at Royston Park
A man has died two weeks after becoming unresponsive during an arrest in Adelaide's eastern suburbs, his partner has told the ABC.
Gaurav Kundi, 42, "became unresponsive" as police attempted to arrest him on Payneham Road, at Royston Park, about 2:45am on Thursday, May 29.
Police previously said the Modbury North man came to the attention of an officer after they saw an "altercation" occurring between a man and a woman.
Ambulance officers took the man to the Royal Adelaide Hospital in a critical condition.
His partner told the ABC that the man died on Thursday night.
Police later said the man 'violently resisted' officers during the arrest, but no-one was shot and no taser was used.
"After being restrained he became unresponsive and police administered first aid until SAAS [SA Ambulance Service] arrived," police said.
The day after the incident, Assistant Commissioner John De Candia said "quite a number" of police officers attended the scene on Payneham Road.
"There was obviously one police officer that was the first that responded and then others that attended," he told a press conference on May 30.
"At this stage they haven't been stood down."
Commisioner De Candia said he had seen body-worn vision from the officer who first attended.
Major Crime and Professional Standards detectives are continuing to investigate the incident while a Commissioner's inquiry is also underway.
