Body found inside car

Ridma Dissanayake

The Police found the body of a man inside a car near a leading school in Panadura in the wee hours of yesterday.

The dead man was identified as Hiththara Nayidelage Indrajith Pradeep Narayana, 40, of 805, High-level Road, Gangodawila. The body was found at around 3.30 a.m. The Police said they found the remains in a car parked near a bakery in Sri Maha Vihara Road, Panadura.

The Police Media Unit said the man had been strangled to death. The body was sent to the Panadura South Hospital for the post-mortem after the magisterial inquiry.