Amritpal Kaur whose partner was injured during a police arrest says he was just drunk

The partner of a man injured during an arrest attempt in Adelaide’s eastern suburbs says she fears he will be brain damaged and has hit out at police.

The partner of a man at the centre of an internal police investigation after he became unresponsive during an arrest says that she warned officers he had done nothing wrong and had pre-existing medical conditions.

Amritpal Kaur said her partner, father of two Gaurav Kundi, remained in a critical condition in Royal Adelaide Hospital after the incident on Payneham Rd last week.

“Doctor is saying his brain is totally damaged,” she told 9 NEWS. “Maybe he will wake up if brain works or maybe he will not.”

Ms Kaur said Mr Kundi was injured when his head hit a police car and the road.

Amritpal Kaur. Picture: 9 NEWS Adelaide

Gaurav Kundi. Picture: 9 NEWS Adelaide

She said police had mistakenly believed he was assaulting her when, in fact, he had just been drunk and had pushed her away when she told him to return home.

“I keep saying (to the police) he’s not well, he’s not well, please don’t do this, just call the ambulance,” she said.

“The policeman thinks he’s assaulting me and doing domestic violence on the road.

“But the policeman is wrong. He’s just drunk, that’s why he’s loud. Nothing else.”

Police say the man resisted officers during the arrest, about 2.45am on Thursday morning. He has not been charged.

A police spokesperson said SAPOL had nothing further to add to a statement released last week which said officers witnessed an altercation between a man and a woman on Payneham Rd and that during an attempt to arrest the 42-year-old man from Modbury North, he became unresponsive.