Police investigations into the assassination of Foreign Minister Lakshman Kadirgamar have revealed that the minister relaxed his security after an assurance given to him by a millionaire businessman closely connected to the LTTE.

The businessman Gnanakoon had assured Mr. Kadirgamar that he would not be harmed as long as the Ceasefire Agreement lasted.

He was seen moving with nearly twenty bodyguards last week when the Green Movement carried out a non-violent protest against India’s Sethusamudram project.

He and other pro-LTTE groups had tried to make the campaign an anti-Indian protest while the organizers clearly stated their protest would be only against the Sethusamudram and not against India.

Some other groups backed by the LTTE had tried to say that India was carrying the project against the Tamils of Sri Lanka.

However, the organizers have rejected their claims.

Gnanakoon, who came with his bodyguards in two luxury dual purpose vehicles, had earlier offered to fund the protest activities.