M. P. Jayaraj

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M. P. Jayaraj
Born	c. 1944 (1944) [citation needed] Thigallarapete, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Died	November 21, 1989(1989-11-21) (aged 42–43) Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Occupation(s)	Gangster, politician
Political party	Indian National Congress

Mysore Puttaswamaiah Jayaraj, known as M. P. Jayaraj (1944/1946–1989) was an Indian mafia gangster who operated in Bangalore during the 1970s and 1980s. He was a hobbyist wrestler from his childhood who seriously practiced at Annayappa Garadi in Thigalrapete. He was brought into forefront of Bangalore underworld by M. D. Nataraj, the then son-in-law of the Chief Minister of Karnataka Devaraj Urs.^[1]