Her husband and three older children were not at home. Circumstantial evidence suggests that she may have been raped prior to being killed and that the perpetrators may have been one or more police officers attached to the nearby Central Camp police station, on the border between Batticaloa and Amparai districts.
Neighbours say they heard screams from the house, and shortly afterwards they heard an explosion.
When they tried to go to Murugesupillai Koneswary s home, they heard shooting and rushed back indoors so they did not actually see the perpetrators. However, because this area is under the control of the police, observers claim that it is unlikely that there could have been any other people with arms in the area at that time. Local people believe that the perpetrators may have thrown the hand grenade near her genitals in order to cover up the evidence of rape. The husband of Murugesupillai Koneswary, who discovered her body, made a complaint at Central Camp police station. Some police officers then took her body to the hospital at Kalmunai.