Punjab Police arrest rape accused MLA Harmeet after six months on the run

Punjab Police on Wednesday arrested rape accused and fugitive Punjab MLA Harmeet Singh Pathanmajra, who dramatically escaped from the police custody in September last and had been evading arrest since then. 

This is the second arrest of an AAP-ruling legislator this week.

Earlier, former Transport Minister Laljit Bhullar was arrested on Monday



in an abetment to suicide case of a government official. 

Earlier, the trial court in Patiala on October 9, 2025, dismissed the anticipatory bail plea, for the second consecutive time, of Pathanmajra, who had been on the run after being booked in a rape case on September 2, 2025.