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Punjab AAP MLA Harmit Singh Pathanmajra, who has been connected the tally since September 2 successful a rape case, is learnt to person fled to Australia aft his quality successful a video interview.
The improvement came arsenic an embarrassment for the police, arsenic the Sanour MLA remained elusive contempt raids astatine his imaginable hideouts.
Patiala constabulary besides issued a look-out announcement against the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA.
Mr. Pathanmajra appeared successful the video interrogation connected Friday (November 7, 2025) with an Australia-based Punjabi web transmission successful which helium claimed that helium would "return location lone aft securing bail".
Denying each allegations, helium termed the lawsuit a "political conspiracy", aimed astatine silencing voices that talk for Punjab's people.
"In Punjab, ministers and MLAs are not consulted connected cardinal matters. Freedom of code is being curtailed. After losing successful Delhi, those leaders person present taken implicit Punjab, and they are ruining it the aforesaid way," helium alleged, portion expressing afloat religion successful the judiciary.
A Patiala tribunal has already initiated proclaimed offender proceedings against Mr. Pathanmajra aft helium failed to look successful transportation with the rape case.
The first-time MLA escaped constabulary custody erstwhile the Punjab Police went to Karnal successful Haryana to apprehension him.
Police had past claimed that gunshots were fired, and stones were pelted by the legislator's supporters aft a squad went to apprehension him successful the Dabri colony of Karnal district, wherever helium was astatine a relative’s residence.
However, Mr. Pathanmajra denied being progressive successful the firing and had said helium fled aft learning that helium would beryllium killed successful a "fake encounter".
Police had registered a lawsuit against the AAP MLA astatine the Civil Lines constabulary presumption present connected September 1 connected the charges of rape, cheating, and transgression intimidation.
The lawsuit was registered based connected a ailment by a Zirakpur-based woman, who alleged that the MLA misrepresented himself arsenic divorced, entered into a narration with her, and aboriginal joined successful 2021 portion already being married.
She accused him of continued intersexual exploitation, threats, and sending "obscene" worldly to her.
