V. Yogeswaran

Vettivelu Yogeswaran (; 5 February 1934 – 13 July 1989) was a Sri Lankan Tamil lawyer, politician and Member of Parliament.

Early life and family Yogeswaran was the son of Shanmugam Appakkutti Vettivelu, a medical doctor from Jaffna in northern Ceylon, and Parasakthi. He was educated at St. John's College, Jaffna, St. Patrick's College, Jaffna and Ananda College, Colombo. On 14 May 1972 the ITAK, All Ceylon Tamil Congress, Ceylon Workers' Congress, Eelath Thamilar Otrumai Munnani and All Ceylon Tamil Conference formed the Tamil United Front, later renamed Tamil United Liberation Front (TULF). A keen supporter of TULF, Yogeswaran was a member of its Action Committee and in charge of youth affairs.

Yogeswaran's house in Jaffna was burnt down on the night of 31 May 1981 by a mob of Sinhalese policemen and paramilitaries. Yogeswaran and his wife managed to escape by jumping over their back walls.

Yogeswaran and his family, like many families of leading Tamil politicians, fled to Madras (now Chennai), Tamil Nadu. Yogeswaran later returned to Jaffna after getting permission from the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) but was kept under virtual house arrest by them until the arrival of the Indian Peace Keeping Force in July 1987. The police guards allowed the trio to enter the premises without searching them. The meeting seemed to be going well when suddenly Visu pulled out a gun and shot Amirthalingam in the head and chest. Yogeswaran stood up but was shot by Aloysius. Visu then shot Sivasithamparam on the right shoulder. A shoot out ensued between the LTTE trio and the police guards in which all three assailants were killed. Amirthalingam and Yogeswaran were dead but Sivasithamparam survived.