India, Sept. 2 -- In a dramatic turn of events, Sanour AAP MLA Harmeet Singh Pathanmajra, 50, fled from his relative and HSGMC member Gurnam Singh Laadi's house at Dabri village in Karnal early on Tuesday minutes after a Punjab Police team arrived to arrest him in connection with a rape case.

Patiala crime investigation agency (CIA) in-charge Pradeep Bajwa said: "We had arrested Pathanmajra when villagers and some miscreants started pelting stones and opened fire at the police team. Taking advantage of the commotion, the AAP MLA fled from the spot."

Bajwa said the police team managed to arrest the MLA's accomplice, Balwinder Singh, and claimed that three weapons were recovered from him. His sports utility vehicle was also impounded.

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