New Delhi, Sept. 2 -- Punjab AAP MLA Harmeet Singh Pathanmajra, who was "arrested" by police in connection with a rape case, reportedly escaped the police custody in Karnal on Tuesday.

A confirmation from the Punjab Police is still awaited.

Pathanmajra, a lawmaker from the Sanour seat in Patiala, said police came to arrest him. He was booked under the charge of rape days after the AAP MLA attacked his own party's government over floods and questioned its central leadership.

Sources told India Today that the Sanour MLA was being taken to a local station when he and his aides allegedly fired shots, injuring a policeman.

Amid the chaos, Pathanmajra allegedly drove a vehicle over another officer before fleeing in a Scorpio SUV. A Fortuner...