A high ranking police officer said a special CID team which is probing the attack had revealed that a Coordinating Secretary of a government VIP had allegedly given the contract to a suspect with LTTE connections to supply soil for the Anuradhapura Air Force airstrip expansion project.

The official also said the Coordinating Secretary was also alleged to be involved with a group which stole luxury vehicles from Colombo and its suburbs and sold them to customers in the Wanni.

Earlier a top government Parliamentarian recently revealed that a probe was underway to ascertain whether a person who provided soil for the reconstruction of the Anuradhapura Air base runway under the ‘Maga Neguma’ project was linked to the attack.

It is also claimed that a Black Tiger who had identified himself as a Karuna loyalist had been recruited as a driver for a lorry transporting soil for the Anuradhapura air base runway development project.

While three CID teams and two teams from the Air Force are investigating the attack on the air base, the President has appointed a high-level defence team headed by Navy Commander Wasantha Karannagoda to probe the matter.

The high-profile defence team is expected to hand over its final report to President Mahinda Rajapaksa next week.

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