One of the main accused in the 1996 Suryanelli gangrape case Dharmarajan - has raised serious charges against Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman P.J. Kurien.In a TV interview on Monday, Dharmarajan alleged that Kurien had travelled with him to the Kumili guesthouse in his Ambassador car from Vandiperiyar, where the rape victim was present.He claimed that the Congress leader spent over half-an-hour in the guesthouse with the girl. He alleged that the investigating officer in the case lied to save Kurien.Dharmarajan - the only accused to be convicted and sentenced in the infamous gangrape case - has been absconding in the case after he jumped the bail granted to him earlier."P.J. Kurien was there. He had come with me to Kumali guesthouse. NSS sec had said a lie to save Kurien. Kurien had come with me in the Ambassador. Why should I lie... He had come with me. I can swear on my late father's name," Dharmarajan said."I had told this to Sibi Mathews. He told me not to tell the name of Kurien. I had told his name to the officers. When you are beaten up you will say all the names. He had done a bad thing to me," he said."Now the new law says that action should be taken against the accused on the basis of the statement of the victim. Then why it is not followed in the case of Kurien? Does that mean that Bose and I are idiots," Dharmarajan asked.Talking to, Kurien had earlier denied even meeting the rape victim.