{"id":5401,"date":"2026-06-12T18:17:52","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T18:17:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/daughters-tragic-update-after-dad-drugged-and-bashed-to-death-with-a-baseball-bat-by-his-own-family\/"},"modified":"2026-06-12T18:17:52","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T18:17:52","slug":"daughters-tragic-update-after-dad-drugged-and-bashed-to-death-with-a-baseball-bat-by-his-own-family","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/daughters-tragic-update-after-dad-drugged-and-bashed-to-death-with-a-baseball-bat-by-his-own-family\/","title":{"rendered":"Daughter&#8217;s tragic update after dad &#8216;drugged and bashed to death with a baseball bat by his own family&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"article-body\">\n<h2 class=\"LeadText_lead-text__wd_PA __className_1a5e55\" data-testid=\"leadtext\">A dad vanished two weeks ago while on a trip to India &#8211; and police now allege he was murdered by his brother and his remains were thrown into a canal<\/h2>\n<p><button type=\"button\" class=\"SlideViewerButton_slide-viewer-button__BDJoG\" aria-label=\"Open image viewer\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-controls=\"image-lightbox\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-embed__0T8WX ImageEmbed_image-lead__Ti3qQ\" data-testid=\"leadimage\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"37288462\">\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-container__2AIQm\">\n<figure class=\"Figure_figure__Uce4f\" style=\"--figure-aspect-ratio:1.5\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Image of Sunil Sharma\" loading=\"eager\" sizes=\"(max-width: 508px) 508px, (max-width: 615px) 615px, 1200px\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37288462.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200f\/1_Daughter-gives-tragic-update-after-Melbourne-dad-drugged-and-bashed-to-death-with-a-baseball-bat-by.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37288462.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s508\/1_Daughter-gives-tragic-update-after-Melbourne-dad-drugged-and-bashed-to-death-with-a-baseball-bat-by.jpg 508w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37288462.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615\/1_Daughter-gives-tragic-update-after-Melbourne-dad-drugged-and-bashed-to-death-with-a-baseball-bat-by.jpg 615w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37288462.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200f\/1_Daughter-gives-tragic-update-after-Melbourne-dad-drugged-and-bashed-to-death-with-a-baseball-bat-by.jpg 1200w\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"ImageCaption_caption__j7HRu\" data-testid=\"image-caption\">\n<p aria-label=\"Sunil Sharma vanished while on a trip to India\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Sunil Sharma vanished while on a trip to India<cite aria-label=\"Image: 7NewsMelbourne\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-credit__wlx1W\" data-testid=\"caption-credit\">(Image: 7NewsMelbourne)<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The daughter of a teacher who was allegedly <a target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/drugs\" rel=\"follow\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\">drugged<\/a> and beaten to death has released a tragic update just days after four of her family members were charged.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Sunil Sharma, from Melbourne, <a target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/australia\" rel=\"follow\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\">Australia<\/a>, vanished while on a visit to India last month to oversee renovations on investment properties. The maths teacher went missing on May 22 while in Amritsar, in the Punjab state, but Indian police now believe the 66-year-old was potentially <a target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/murder\" rel=\"follow\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\">murdered <\/a>by his own brother over a <a target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/property-news\" rel=\"follow\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\">property<\/a> dispute.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Four people have been arrested as part of the investigation, despite police not yet recovering the Australian man&#8217;s remains.<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"image-group\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"SlideViewerButton_slide-viewer-button__BDJoG\" aria-label=\"Open image viewer\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-controls=\"image-lightbox\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-embed__0T8WX false\" data-testid=\"imageembed-37288457\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"37288457\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"image\">\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-container__2AIQm\">\n<figure class=\"Figure_figure__Uce4f\" style=\"--figure-aspect-ratio:1.59\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sunil Sharma with his kids\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"(max-width: 458px) 458px, (max-width: 615px) 615px, 1200px\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37288457.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200e\/0_Daughter-gives-tragic-update-after-Melbourne-dad-drugged-and-bashed-to-death-with-a-baseball-bat-by.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37288457.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s458b\/0_Daughter-gives-tragic-update-after-Melbourne-dad-drugged-and-bashed-to-death-with-a-baseball-bat-by.jpg 458w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37288457.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/0_Daughter-gives-tragic-update-after-Melbourne-dad-drugged-and-bashed-to-death-with-a-baseball-bat-by.jpg 615w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37288457.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200e\/0_Daughter-gives-tragic-update-after-Melbourne-dad-drugged-and-bashed-to-death-with-a-baseball-bat-by.jpg 1200w\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"ImageCaption_caption__j7HRu\" data-testid=\"image-caption\">\n<p aria-label=\"Sunil Sharma was a father-of-two\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Sunil Sharma was a father-of-two<cite aria-label=\"Image: 7NewsMelbourne\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-credit__wlx1W\" data-testid=\"caption-credit\">(Image: 7NewsMelbourne)<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/div>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Indian police have claimed that Sunil&#8217;s brother, Satish Sharma, spiked his brother&#8217;s drink will sleeping pills then fatally bashed him in the head with a baseball bat.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Cops have also alleged that the Melbourne teacher&#8217;s body was dumped in a canal, as the search for his remains continues. The brother was arrested and charged with murder, along with Sunil&#8217;s sister-in-law and nephew who were also charged with an alleged cover-up.<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"image-group\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"SlideViewerButton_slide-viewer-button__BDJoG\" aria-label=\"Open image viewer\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-controls=\"image-lightbox\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-embed__0T8WX false\" data-testid=\"imageembed-37288458\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"37288458\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"image\">\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-container__2AIQm\">\n<figure class=\"Figure_figure__Uce4f\" style=\"--figure-aspect-ratio:1.57\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The daughter Surbhi crying\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"(max-width: 458px) 458px, (max-width: 615px) 615px, 1200px\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37288458.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200e\/0_Daughter-gives-tragic-update-after-Melbourne-dad-drugged-and-bashed-to-death-with-a-baseball-bat-by.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37288458.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s458b\/0_Daughter-gives-tragic-update-after-Melbourne-dad-drugged-and-bashed-to-death-with-a-baseball-bat-by.jpg 458w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37288458.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/0_Daughter-gives-tragic-update-after-Melbourne-dad-drugged-and-bashed-to-death-with-a-baseball-bat-by.jpg 615w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37288458.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200e\/0_Daughter-gives-tragic-update-after-Melbourne-dad-drugged-and-bashed-to-death-with-a-baseball-bat-by.jpg 1200w\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"ImageCaption_caption__j7HRu\" data-testid=\"image-caption\">\n<p aria-label=\"His daughter Surbhi shared a heartbreaking message\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">His daughter Surbhi shared a heartbreaking message<cite aria-label=\"Image: 7NewsMelbourne\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-credit__wlx1W\" data-testid=\"caption-credit\">(Image: 7NewsMelbourne)<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/div>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Days after they were arrested, Sunil&#8217;s daughter shared an emotional post on social media, saying: &#8220;I want to say clearly: do not associate my dad with the actions of his &#8216;brother&#8217;. My dad supported his brother and his family financially and emotionally throughout his whole life and raised him like a son.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;Dad was a good man and a victim of an unthinkable betrayal that still cannot be comprehended by our own family. A part of us has been lost to a heinous crime that should never have happened. I pray that the justice system in <a target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/india\" rel=\"follow\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\">India<\/a> enforces the maximum penalty for everyone involved in this calculated and premeditated crime. My dad deserves nothing less.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The heartbroken daughter added that she has received support from the school her father worked at and thanked them. She said: &#8220;There is real comfort in knowing that his soul would be at peace seeing just how deeply loved and respected he is by this community.<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"image-group\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"SlideViewerButton_slide-viewer-button__BDJoG\" aria-label=\"Open image viewer\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-controls=\"image-lightbox\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-embed__0T8WX false\" data-testid=\"imageembed-37288470\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"37288470\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"image\">\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-container__2AIQm\">\n<figure class=\"Figure_figure__Uce4f\" style=\"--figure-aspect-ratio:1.61\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Image of Sunil\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"(max-width: 458px) 458px, (max-width: 615px) 615px, 1200px\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37288470.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200e\/0_Daughter-gives-tragic-update-after-Melbourne-dad-drugged-and-bashed-to-death-with-a-baseball-bat-by.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37288470.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s458b\/0_Daughter-gives-tragic-update-after-Melbourne-dad-drugged-and-bashed-to-death-with-a-baseball-bat-by.jpg 458w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37288470.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/0_Daughter-gives-tragic-update-after-Melbourne-dad-drugged-and-bashed-to-death-with-a-baseball-bat-by.jpg 615w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37288470.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200e\/0_Daughter-gives-tragic-update-after-Melbourne-dad-drugged-and-bashed-to-death-with-a-baseball-bat-by.jpg 1200w\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"ImageCaption_caption__j7HRu\" data-testid=\"image-caption\">\n<p aria-label=\"Police is India alleged Sunil was killed by his brother over a property dispute\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Police is India alleged Sunil was killed by his brother over a property dispute<cite aria-label=\"Image: 7NewsMelbourne\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-credit__wlx1W\" data-testid=\"caption-credit\">(Image: 7NewsMelbourne)<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/div>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;To everyone who commented about my dad as a maths teacher, he would have loved to see that. It means everything to know he gave the gift of education and shaped the lives of hundreds of students.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) in Amritsar, Kanwalpreet Singh, claimed the brother killed Sunil &#8220;out of greed&#8221; and to commit fraud. He told a press conference: &#8220;When they took the victim from his house, they gave him sleeping pills. After administering the pills, they struck him on the head with a baseball bat, causing a head injury and killing him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;Afterwards, his son was present there and his wife also came. They tried to get rid of evidence. Satish Sharma, out of greed for money, prepared a forged power of attorney. Using that power of attorney, they made deals to sell a house.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">A fourth person, a property dealer, was also arrested and local police said they are looking for two other people believed to be involved in the death.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">A spokesperson at Victoria&#8217;s education department and the <a target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/schools\" rel=\"follow\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\">school<\/a> were the dad worked shared a touching message, saying: &#8220;Mr Sharma was a dedicated and valued member of the Diamond Valley college community. Our heartfelt sympathies and thoughts are with Mr Sharma\u2019s family, friends, colleagues and students.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/news\/world-news\/dad-drugged-dead-family-murder-37288368\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A dad vanished two weeks ago while on a trip to India &#8211; and police<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5402,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5401","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1_Daughter-gives-tragic-update-after-Melbourne-dad-drugged-and-bashed-to-death-with-a-baseball-bat-b.avif","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5401","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5401"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5401\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5402"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5401"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5401"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5401"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}