Punjab AAP MLA Harmit Singh Pathanmajra accused in rape case flees to Australia

AAP MLA Pathanmajra. PIC/X@Mithileshdhar

Punjab Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Harmit Singh Pathanmajra, who has been on the run since September 2 in a rape case, is learnt to have fled to Australia after his appearance in a video interview.

The development came as an embarrassment for the police, as the Sanour MLA remained elusive despite raids at his possible hideouts. Patiala police also issued a look-out notice against the AAP MLA.

Pathanmajra appeared in the video interview on Friday with an Australia-based Punjabi web channel in which he claimed that he would "return home only after securing bail". Denying all allegations, he termed the case a "political conspiracy".

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