GORAKHPUR, June 20 -- Two days after the killing of a Dalit man in Sant Kabir Nagar, police are yet to arrest the main accused even as they continue efforts to trace the suspects and maintain peace in the communally sensitive district.

The prime accused, Nasir Ali, remains absconding following the killing of Anand Kumar, 27, on Thursday evening. Dhanghata circle officer Abhaya Nath Mishra said on Saturday that ten police teams had conducted searches at nearly 25 locations in Sant Kabir Nagar, Basti and Ambedkar Nagar districts.

Police said technical surveillance, intelligence inputs and questioning of people linked to the accused had provided some leads, and investigators were narrowing down possible hideouts.

Anand Kumar, a resident o...