GL Peiris is to be questioned over explosive discovery in Chavakachcheri, Jaffna, Defence Secretary Karunasena Hettiarachchi said today.

Speaking to the media, he said that Peiris had claimed that the explosives were to be brought to Wellawatta. If so, we need that information, he further maintained.

The police will obtain a statement from Peiris over the next few days, the Defence Secretary also said.

The investigations regarding the discovery of the explosives have been assigned to the Terrorist Investigation Division.