Karnal, Sept. 5 -- Days after Sanaur Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Harmeet Singh Pathanmajra fled before he could arrested by Punjab Police in Karnal, HSGMC chief Jagdish Singh Jhinda said, "Gurnam Singh Laadidid what a relative or in this case, a brother-in-law would have done. They did not know whatwas happening. Laadi and his family members are innocent, they are being harassed. The only culprit is AAP that trusted its MLA first with a ticket."

He said, "Laadi has been my associate for a long time and even won the HSGMC elections on my group's ticket."

Pathanmajra, a first-time MLA, escaped on Tuesday after a police team went to arrest him in an old rape case at Dabri village in Karnal district, where he was at the residence of Laadi, hi...