A car, belonging to the Presidential Secretariat fleet had been left abandoned by the roadside near Jalthara Junior School in Hanwella early last morning, the Police said.

The Police rushed to the scene on a tip off to the Police emergency 119 and initiated investigations to find that it had been registered as a vehicle of the Presidential Secretariat, a Police spokesman said.

A senior officer of the Hanwella Police said he had inquired from the Transport Director of the Presidential Secretariat, who told him that the vehicle been loaned to the Ministry of Irrigation about two months ago.

OIC of the Hanwella Police Senerat Sumathipala and Sergeant 20533 Mendis are conducting investigations. (Buddhika Kumarasiri)