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{{Infobox person<br />
| name = Gopalaswamy Mahendraraja<br />
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| birth_date = 1956<!--{{birth date|df=yes|1956|??|??}}--><br />
| birth_place = [[Point Pedro]], [[Ceylon]]<br />
| death_date = 28 December {{death year and age|1994|1956}}<br />
| death_place = [[Sri Lanka]]<br />
| death_cause = [[Executed]] by the [[LTTE]]<br />
| nationality = Sri Lankan<br />
| other_names = Mahattaya<br />
| known_for = High treason<br>Death of [[Colonel Kittu|Col Kittu]]<br />
| occupation = Tamil Militant<br />
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'''Gopalaswamy Mahendraraja''' (1956 &ndash; 28 December 1994), also known as '''Mahattaya''' was a member of [[Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam]] who was killed for leaking secrets to India's [[Research and Analysis Wing|RAW]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://dbsjeyaraj.com/dbsj/archives/51557 | title="My Husband Was Not a Traitor" Says Ex-LTTE Deputy Leader Gopalaswamy Mahendrarajah alias "Mahathaya"'s Wife Yogeshwari. | publisher=dbsjeyaraj | work=Sulochana Ramiah Mohan | date=23 February 2017 | accessdate=10 June 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://sangam.org/sri-lanka-the-untold-story-chapter-56/ | title=Sri Lanka: The Untold Story, Chapter 56 | publisher=Sangam | work=K T Rajasingham | accessdate=10 June 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/a-lieutenant-who-turned-into-a-mole/article21043224.ece | title=A lieutenant who turned into a 'mole' | publisher=The Hindu | work=B. Kolappan | date=29 November 2017 | accessdate=10 June 2021| last1=Kolappan | first1=B. }}</ref><br />
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== Personal life ==<br />
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Gopalaswamy Mahendraraja was related to [[Velupillai Prabhakaran]], former [[LTTE]] leader. He was born in [[Point Pedro]].{{fact|date=July 2020}}<br />
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== LTTE ==<br />
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Mahattaya joined the LTTE in 1978. In 1987 he became the deputy leader of the LTTE, and in 1989 he became the head of the short-lived [[People's Front of Liberation Tigers]], a political party founded by the LTTE. Mahattaya was the person who was leading most of the attacks done by LTTE when Prabhakaran was in India until 1986. Mahattaya was sent to Jaffna by Prabhakaran to inquire into the conflict matters that arose between LTTE and the University of Jaffna, in 1986, when a university student Vijetharan was kidnapped and killed by the Kittu group. Prabhakaran returned to Jaffna at the end of 1986. Mahattaya was second-in-command in the [[LTTE]], at one time.{{fact|date=July 2020}}<br />
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Athira, accused 18 in Rajiv Gandhi Assassination case confessed that she was ordered to collect intelligence in Tamil Nadu and hand it over to Mahattaya.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sangam.org/sri-lanka-the-untold-story-chapter-48/|title=Sri Lanka: The Untold Story, Chapter 48 – Ilankai Tamil Sangam}}</ref> Several investigative journalists proposed that Mahattaya might be the main Conspirator in Rajiv Gandhi Assassination, possibly worked as a mercenary.<br />
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[[Velupillai Prabhakaran]] and [[Pottu Amman (Tamil militant)|Pottu Amman]] found out that he was leaking information to India's [[Research and Analysis Wing|RAW]], which helped the Indian Peace Keeping Forces (IPKF) destroy LTTE bases. Mahattaya group was famous for doing all well planned attacks. In 1993, the LTTE took him into custody.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Munasinghe |first=Sarath |title=A Soldier's Version : An Account of the On-going Conflict and the Origin of Terrorism in Sri Lanka |publisher=[[University of Michigan]] |year=2000 |isbn=9789559713005 |edition=1st |location=Colombo |pages=174}}</ref> He was executed on December 28, 1994, by the LTTE.{{fact|date=July 2020}}<br />
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==Further reading==<br />
*{{Cite magazine|title=Sri Lanka: Mahattaya case exposes dissensions in the LTTE|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/neighbours/story/19940131-sri-lanka-mahattaya-case-exposes-dissensions-in-the-ltte-808779-1994-01-31|author=P. Jayaram|date=1994-01-31|magazine=[[India Today]]}}<br />
*{{Cite news|title=A lieutenant who turned into a 'mole'|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/a-lieutenant-who-turned-into-a-mole/article21043224.ece|date=29 November 2017|author=B. Kolappan|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]}}<br />
*{{Cite book|title=The Assassination of Rajiv Gandhi|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5mclDwAAQBAJ|year=2016|first=Neena|last=Gopal|publisher=[[Penguin India]]|isbn=9789386495549}}<br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20021025020427/http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/DI07Df01.html Asia Times]<br />
*{{Cite web|title=Former LTTE No. 2 Mahattaya was RAW Agent: Book|url=https://www.news18.com/news/india/former-ltte-no-2-mahattaya-was-raw-agent-book-1281789.html|date=August 15, 2016|via=[[IANS]]|website=[[News18]]}}<br />
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