| Sunil Mahato | |
| Birth Date: | 11 January 1966 |
| Birth Place: | Vill Chota Gamharia, Seraikela Kharsawan, |
| Residence: | Seraikela Kharsawan, Jharkhand |
| Death Place: | Jamshedpur |
| Death Cause: | Assassination by gunshot |
| Office: | MP |
| Constituency: | Jamshedpur |
| Party: | JMM |
| Spouse: | Suman Mahato |
| Children: | 2 |
| Date: | 28 May |
| Year: | 2017 |
Sunil Kumar (11 January 1966 - 4 March 2007) was a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India, representing the constituency of Jamshedpur in the eastern state of Jharkhand. He was General Secretary of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) political party. He was assassinated by Naxalite rebels who subscribe to Communist ideology.
Mahato came from a Kudmi family. In 2003, he was part of a delegation that met with the Governor of Jharkhand to request recognition as a scheduled tribe.[1]
Mahato was General Secretary of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha party. He was elected to Lok Sabha in the 2004 general election; Abha Mahato of the BJP came in second.[2]
On 4 March 2007, Mahato was shot dead by Communist rebels near Ghatshila in East Singhbhum district while he was attending a local football match organised to mark the Hindu festival of Holi. The attackers also killed the Ghatshila block secretary of JMM, Prabhakar Mahato, and two[3] or four[2] of Sunil Mahato's bodyguards. There were reported to be approximately 30 attackers, including three women.[4]