colombo sports minister mahindananda aluthgamage has appointed a top level probe committee to look into the deal made by the singapore based company somerset entertainment ventures which promoted the aborted sri lanka premier league slplsports ministry officials said that the committee would be headed by a former police chief and would consists of the director general of sports legal officer of the governing body sri lanka cricket slc a civil servant and a prominent sports administratorthere were queries made at the cope committee in the parliament that agreement with somerset entertainment ventures had caused losses to slc so the minister wants it probed said a sports ministry officialcope is parliaments committee on public enterprises and slc was shown as one of the loss making bodies in its last reportsri lankan version of the indian premier league ipl ran into problems when indian players refused to take part in the tournamentit then converted into a domestic tournament last year with the hope that it would be revived by august this yearslc sources said the slpl would be conducted with overseas players from this year as planned