Selvarajah Yogachandran

Selvarajah Yogachandran
Died25 July 1983
Welikada Prison, Colombo, Sri Lanka
NationalitySri Lankan Tamil
OccupationFounding member of Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization
Known forSri Lankan Tamil nationalism

Selvarajah Yogachandran,[1] (Tamil: செல்வராஜா யோகசந்திரன்) (died 25 July 1983) also known as Kuttimani was one of the leaders[1] of the former Tamil militant organization TELO from Sri Lanka. He was arrested and sentenced to death, and was killed in the 1983 Welikada prison massacre[2] along with the other TELO leader Nadarajah Thangathurai.

  1. ^ a b "Tamil Armed Resistance". TamilNation.org. 29 December 2008. Retrieved 29 December 2008.
  2. ^ "July 1983 Sinhala Terror". LankaDailyNews. 25 July 2008. Retrieved 29 December 2008.