Patiala, Sept. 4 -- On the run after being booked in a rape case, Sanaur Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Harmeet Singh Pathanmajra on Wednesday denied police claims of bullets being fired at cops who came to arrest him in Karnal and said he fled after learning that he would be killed in a "fake encounter".

Haryana Police registered a case against the AAP legislator and his relative Gurnam Singh Laadi for obstruction of discharge from official duty, escape from custody and other charges. The residents of Dabri village in Karnal alleged that 14 members of Laadi's family were "picked up" by Punjab Police teams in connection with the case.

In two video messages released from an undisclosed location, hit out at AAP's central leadership, alleging t...