She was allegedly abducted by unknown men close to a Sri Lankan Navy post.

[1][2] Her body was found the next day, completely naked, in an abandoned well near the Sri Lankan Navy camp at a place called Maduthuveli.

[1][2] According to the post mortem report conducted at Jaffna Teaching Hospital, she was brutally raped before being strangled to death.

[5] Human Rights groups such as UTHR initially reported that she may have been killed by the rebel LTTE operatives to discredit the government and create an environment of protest.

But number of websites that are known for their pro rebel stance reported that subsequent to the rape and murder, a front organization calling itself resurgence people's force, widely believed to be a front of the rebel LTTE group claimed responsibility for attacks on the Sri Lankan Navy that lead to 15 deaths and another 15 being seriously injured.