Mohamed Ehuttar Hadjiar Maharoof (Tamil: முகம்மது எகுத்தார் ஹாஜியார் மகரூப்; 5 January 1939 – 20 July 1997) was a Sri Lankan politician and Member of Parliament.
[1][2] His father was chairman of Kinniya Village Council and his brother was M. E. H. Mohamed Ali.
[1] Maharoof stood as the United National Party (UNP) candidate in Mutur at the 1977 parliamentary election.
[10][11] On the morning of 20 July 1997 Maharoof was travelling to Irakakkandy along the Kuchchaveli Road when his jeep was ambushed by gunmen at the 6th Mile Post between Trincomalee and Nilaveli.
[12][13] The militant Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam was widely blamed for the assassination.