{"id":34007,"date":"2026-06-08T01:02:59","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T01:02:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/2026\/06\/08\/melbourne-teacher-believed-to-be-drugged-and-killed-by-brother-in-india\/"},"modified":"2026-06-08T01:02:59","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T01:02:59","slug":"melbourne-teacher-believed-to-be-drugged-and-killed-by-brother-in-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/2026\/06\/08\/melbourne-teacher-believed-to-be-drugged-and-killed-by-brother-in-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Melbourne Teacher Believed to Be Drugged and Killed by Brother in India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/>An Australian teacher who vanished in India has been found dead, and authorities say his brother is the main suspect in what appears to be a property-related crime. Sunil Sharma, a math teacher from Melbourne, disappeared on May 22 after traveling to Amritsar, located in the north-western state of Punjab.<\/p>\n<p>Local police reported early Sunday that their investigation indicates Sharma was allegedly murdered over a property dispute. Four suspects have been taken into custody in connection with the case. Officers believe that Satish Sharma, Sunil&#8217;s brother, may have added sleeping pills to his drink before attacking him with a baseball bat.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities are still searching for Sunil&#8217;s body, which is believed to have been discarded in a nearby canal. His daughter, Surbhi, revealed that her uncle and others allegedly forged documents and sold properties belonging to Sunil and her aunt.<\/p>\n<p>Surbhi described her father as a loving man with a big heart. She remembered him as someone who always put family first, saying, &#8220;He was always there for us, sometimes even a little too much, but I would not change a single moment of that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The president of the Punjabi Club of Victoria expressed the community&#8217;s sorrow over Sharma&#8217;s tragic fate. He said no family should endure such a cruel loss and emphasized that violence has no place in society.<\/p>\n<p>He praised the local police for their quick response in investigating the case, providing hope to the grieving family and community that justice will be served.<\/p>\n<p>Sunil Sharma was a respected member of the Diamond Valley College community in Victoria, where he had taught for 13 years. The school&#8217;s administration has reached out to offer condolences to his family, highlighting his dedication to his students and colleagues.<\/p>\n<p>Australia&#8217;s Department of Foreign Affairs is keeping an eye on the developments and remains in contact with local authorities regarding the case.<br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An Australian teacher who vanished in India has been found dead, and authorities say his brother is the main suspect in what appears to be a property-related crime. Sunil Sharma, a math teacher from Melbourne, disappeared on May 22 after traveling to Amritsar, located in the north-western state of Punjab. Local police reported early Sunday<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":34008,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34007","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-india-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34007","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34007"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34007\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34008"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34007"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34007"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}