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AAP MLA Harmeet Singh Pathanmajra, who attacked his own party’s government over floods and questioned its central leadership, has been booked under the charge of rape.
AAP MLA Harmeet Singh Pathanmajra booked under charges of rape.
Punjab AAP MLA Harmeet Pathanmajra, who was arrested on rape charges, escaped from the police custody on Tuesday after opening fire at the cops. A police official has also reportedly been injured in the incident.
Pathanmajra’s arrest came days after he attacked his own party’s government in Punjab over floods and questioned its central leadership, the Sanour lawmaker has been booked under the charge of rape.
According to an FIR filed in the matter, Pathanmajra was booked on charges of rape, cheating, and criminal intimidation.
The case has been registered on a complaint by a Zirakpur-based woman, who alleged that the MLA misrepresented himself as divorced, entered into a relationship with her, and later married in 2021 while still being married, news agency PTI reported.
The woman accused the MLA of continued sexual exploitation, threats, and sending “obscene” material to her.
After the FIR was filed against him, Pathanmajra went live on Facebook and criticised the Punjab government, alleging Delhi-based AAP leadership of “illegitimately ruling over Punjab”.
“They can lodge FIRs against me, I can stay in jail, but my voice cannot be suppressed,” said Pathanmajra.
Earlier on Sunday, Pathanmajra accused a senior IAS officer of not taking action such as desilting and cleaning rivers, particularly the Tangri River, despite his requests.
He said the government should listen to people or they “will thrash us.” Pathanmajra also alleged the party was trying to suppress Punjab MLAs instead of fixing the administration.
The MLA said he raised the issue in the Punjab Assembly several times, submitted deputations, and personally met Principal Secretary (Water Resources) Krishan Kumar several times, but “not a single meaningful step was taken.”
Speaking to reporters on Sunday, as several villages in his constituency were flooded, Pathanmajra lashed out at bureaucrats and said he had been demanding cleaning of the Tangri and permission to allow the use of soil near rivers to strengthen banks, but to no avail.
He also urged Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann to immediately remove Krishan Kumar from his post.
On Monday, Pathanmajra claimed that his security had been withdrawn and that all station house officers and police post heads in his constituency had been transferred.
(With agency inputs)
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