Members of this shadow group, run with the instructions of the defence ministry, were LTTE spies who had surrendered to the Army and intelligence personnel proficient in the Tamil language.

 

This group had a camp at a jungle in Giritale, and Prageeth had visited the place several times, one of the arrested ex-LTTE spies Suresh Kumar alias Thavendran has revealed.

 

Thavendran, who had one-time operated under LTTE intelligence leader Kapil Amman, has exposed several secret missions by the Army intelligence.

 

Gota & Fonseka implicated

 

Based on information given by him, former defence secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa and ex-Army chief Sarath Fonseka will be questioned, says police headquarters sources.

 

Statements will also be recorded in the coming days from former Army commander Jagath Jayasuriya and several Army intelligence personnel, including Maj. Gen. Kapila Hendavitarana, Maj. Gen. Amal Karunasekara, Maj. Gen. Janmika Liyanage and Brig. Wanniarachchi, the sources say.

 

Army intelligence unit’s Lt. Col. Kumara Ratnayake, Lt. Col. Siriwardena, Staff Sergeant Rajapakse, Corporal Jayalath, a Sergeant Major and another Tamil man have been arrested in connection with Ekneligoda’s disappearance.