Ferozepur, Feb. 7 -- Within a week of the Punjab and Haryana high court directing the Punjab director general of police (DGP) and home secretary to appear in court on February 11 if a Ferozepur businessman charged with rape continues to remain at large, the accused surrendered before the police on Thursday.

The accused, Varinder Pal Singh alias VP Singh alias VP Handa, had been on the run for four years.

He was booked under Section 376 (rape), 511 (crimes punishable with imprisonment), 354 (outraging modesty), 304-A (physical contact and advances involving unwelcome and explicit sexual overtures) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code and Section 67A (publishing or transmitting of material containing the sexually expli...