Overview

• The Patiala trial court dismissed the Sanaur legislator’s anticipatory bail for the second time this month.
• He has been on the run since September 2, when he fled a relative’s home in Karnal as a Punjab Police team arrived to arrest him.
• An FIR registered on September 1 in Patiala names charges of rape, cheating and criminal intimidation.
• Punjab Police have booked 15 alleged aides for harbouring him, and Haryana Police registered a separate case against him and relative Gurnam Singh Laddi for obstruction and escape-related offences.
• Police allege shots were fired during the arrest attempt, a claim he denies, and AAP has replaced him in local organisational duties with Ranjodh Singh Hadana.