India, March 24 -- A week after more than 70 cases of eye infection were reported in Sangrur after they participated in a hair treatment camp on March 16, police said the main accused, Amandeep Singh, who owns a salon in Khanna near Ludhiana, is yet to be arrested.

"He is expected to surrender in a day or two," deputy superintendent of police Sukhdev Singh said on Monday. His accomplice, Tejinder Pal Singh, an advocate from JP Colony in Sangrur, was arrested last week.

On March 23, station house officer (SHO) Manpreet Singh visited the absconding accused's family at Khanna. He asked Amandeep's mother to convince her son, who faces non-bailable charges, to surrender before the authorities. He assured her that her son would be dealt with ...