Patiala, March 26 -- A Punjab Police team from Patiala arrested absconding Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Harmeet Singh Pathanmajra from Gwalior in Madhya Pradesh on Tuesday night, officials said on Wednesday.

Pathanmajra, 50, a first-time legislator from the Sanaur constituency in Patiala district, had been on the run since September 2 last year in connection with a rape and cheating case. A local court had previously declared him a proclaimed offender and a lookout circular was issued against him.

Pathanmajra has become the sixth party MLA arrested by the Punjab Police or vigilance authorities during the Bhagwant Mann government's tenure. His arrest came just two days after former cabinet minister and AAP's Patti MLA Laljit Singh Bhullar w...