Atputharajah Nadarajah (16 September 1963 - 2 November 1999), commonly known as Ramesh was a Sri Lankan Tamil journalist and politician. He was Chief Editor of Thinamurasu, a Tamil weekly. He was a member of the Sri Lankan Parliament from the Jaffna District as a member of the paramilitary Eelam People's Democratic Party. He criticised his own party, EDDP, in his newspaper Thinamurasu and supported Tamil nationalism and the LTTE and leading to a dispute with his party and leader, Douglas Devananda. He was shot dead along with his driver in Colombo on 2 November 1999. References