Punjab MLA Harmeet Singh Pathanmajra escapes police custody during his arrest for rape and other charges.

An AAP MLA in Punjab, Harmeet Singh Pathanmajra, escaped police custody while being arrested on charges of rape, cheating, and criminal intimidation. The arrest was based on a woman's complaint that Pathanmajra misrepresented himself as divorced and engaged in a sexual relationship with her. Pathanmajra, a critic of his party's government over flood management, accused the Delhi-based AAP leadership of suppressing Punjab leaders. The police are searching for him after the escape, which involved gunfire and the injury of a police officer.