Indore, Aug. 29 -- Congress corporator Anwar Qadri, accused of criminal conspiracy in two rape cases, surrendered before a district court in Indore on Friday after remaining absconding for over two months, police said.

According to officials, Qadri reached the court clean-shaven and dressed in a white shirt and black pants (posing as a lawyer) to avoid detection. Under sustained police pressure, he eventually surrendered.

Banganga police had registered a case against Qadri for criminal conspiracy in connection with two rape cases reported in June this year. Police said that olice said the main accused in both cases had already been arrested and sections of the Madhya Pradesh Freedom of Religion Act were also invoked.

During the investi...