Patiala police claimed that core policing and ear to the ground led to the arrest of Harmeet Pathanmajra from near Gwalior following “credible technical leads”.Pathanmajra was the on the run ever since his utterances against the Delhi-based senior AAP leaders and his arrest had become a challenge for the Punjab cops who were conducting raids in over seven states.Confirming the details, Patiala SSP Varun Sharma said, “It was a meticulously planned 48-hour operation led by SP Vaibhav Chaudhary.”“For the past few months, six teams from Patiala police were working minutely on every detail, which led us to the accused,” the SSP told The Tribune.A senior police official said the fugitive MLA was on the run and it was being shown that he was abroad and believed to have fled to Australia.“However, two days back, a team got a technical lead of a hotel Wi-Fi being used near Gwalior. Further analysis showed a Britain-based number used on the Wi-Fi and when we got to the bottom of it, it was clear that the suspect was Pathanmajra,” said the officer attached with the arresting team.The secret operation planned on Sunday was codenamed ‘Operation Pathan’, confirmed a senior official.


