Wanted in rape case, Punjab AAP MLA Harmeet Singh Pathanmajra arrested | Mint
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- The article reports on the arrest of AAP MLA Harmeet Singh Pathanmajra in a rape case, detailing his evasion of police custody and the legal charges against him. It includes statements from police officials and details of the complaint filed by a woman alleging misconduct.
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“AAP MLA Harmeet Singh Pathanmajra, who had been on the run in a rape case since last September, was arrested by the Punjab Police from Madhya Pradesh's Gwalior”
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“Pathanmajra, the first-time MLA from Sanour, was nabbed from Gwalior and being brought back to Patiala”
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“Subsequently, the MLA will be presented before a court here, police said”
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“On September 1, 2025, police had registered a case against Pathanmajra at the Civil Lines police station here on the charges of rape, cheating and criminal intimidation”
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“The case was registered based on a complaint by a Zirakpur-based woman, who alleged that the MLA misrepresented himself as a divorcee, entered into a relationship with her and later married in 2021 while already being married”
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“She accused him of continued sexual exploitation, threats and sending 'obscene' material to her”
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“The AAP MLA had been declared a proclaimed offender after he failed to appear in this case. Patiala police had even issued a look-out notice against the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA”
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“Pathanmajra had been on the run since September 2 in the rape case. He had escaped police custody when the Punjab police went to Haryana's Karnal to arrest him”
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“Police had then claimed that gunshots were fired and stones were pelted by the legislator's supporters after a police team went to arrest him in Dabri village in Karnal district, where he was at the residence of one of his relatives”
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“However, Pathanmajra had denied police claims of being involved in firing at cops and said he fled after learning that he would be killed in a 'fake encounter'”
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