TARN TARAN, Sept. 11 -- A court here on Wednesday convicted AAP MLA from Khadoor Sahib, Manjinder Singh Lalpura, and 10 others in a 12-year-old molestation and assault case.

Additional sessions judge Prem Kumar will pronounce the quantum of sentence on September 12. Following the conviction, the MLA and other accused were taken into custody and later shifted to Patti sub-jail.

Lalpura is the fifth AAP legislator in Punjab to be arrested by the police/vigilance bureau. His arrest comes close on the heels of a rape case against Sanaur MLA Harmeet Singh Pathanmajra, who has been on the run since September 2.

"MLA Lalpura and other accused have been convicted under IPC sections 354 (assault or criminal force to a woman with intent to outra...