THIRUVANANTHAPURAM/KOZHIKODE: In a new twist to the Suryanelli rape case, a local BJP leader on Tuesday alleged his statement was wrongly recorded by investigators benefiting Rajya Sabha deputy chairperson P K Kurien, who is facing heat on the issue as protests continued with calls for his exit.
BJP leader K S Rajan, a witness in the Sooryanelli rape case, has alleged that investigating officer Siby Mathews had altered the statement given by him in the case, to save P J Kurien. Addressing a news conference in Kozhikode on Friday, Rajan said he had told Siby Mathews that he met Kurien at a house at Thiruvalla at 5pm. "But Siby Mathews changed the time to 7pm," he said. Rajan added that he would move legally against the officer for the statement to help Kurien. Rajan also said that he was approached by a number of people with financial offers to save Kurien.
Siby Mathews has denied the charges. "It was DSP Prabhakaran Nair, who was a member of the investigation team, who took his statement," he said in Kottayam.
Meanwhile, youth and women outfits of the Left and the BJP kept up their protests demanding Kurien's resignation and re-investigation into his alleged involvement in the case, the state leadership of Congress rallied behind Kurien once again denouncing the campaign against him.
The BJP's women wing Mahila Morcha members marched to Kurien's residence at Vennikkulam in Pathanamthitta district demanding his removal from the Rajya Sabha post.
The victim's mother had on Thursday petitioned Congress President Sonia Gandhi to ensure that Kurien does not chair the Rajya Sabha when the Bill on sexual violence against women comes up for debate.
Meanwhile, the sex scandal continued to rock the assembly for the fourth consecutive day as the opposition disrupted proceedings demanding stern action against police officials who had allegedly attacked two women MLAs. The assembly once again witnessed unruly scenes after they demanded action against the policemen on the basis of the report submitted by ADGP (southzone) A Hemachandran who had investigated the matter.
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