Mohan Mudaliar Mumbai’s Underworld Don Varadarajan Mudaliar’s son no more

News comes to light of the passing away of Mohan Mudaliar, eldest son of the late don of Mumbai, Varadarajan Mudaliar aka Vardabhai, on Wednesday evening. He was 72 year old and for the few months was ailing from cancer for the past few months and was undergoing treatment. The funeral procession will leave his residence in “Vasudha” building
near Maheshwari Udyan, Matunga (C.Rly) on Thursday at 3 p.m

An extremely soft spoken person Mohanbhai and never followed his father who was once upon a time the uncrowned king of Mumbai’s dreaded underworld. Whenever the erstwhile top bosses of gang land, including Haji Mastan, Yusuf Patel, Karim Lala, Bada Rajan, Dawood Ibrahim and Chhota Rajan used to meet Varadabhai at his Matunga residence, Mohan bhai used to be present like his father’s shadow. But never did he follow his father’s footsteps notwithstanding pressure from thousands of members of Varadabhai gang. He had no criminal record except for a fake currency case registered by the Gujarat police. He was lodged in Sabarmati jail, but nothing ultimately came out of the case. Mohanbhai had insisted that as part of an extortion racket, he was falsely implicated.

Following the demise of Varadabhai after a cardiac arrest in Chennai, Mohanbhai chartered an Indian Airlines aircraft and brought the body all the way to Mumbai for the funeral and last rites. Implicitly,Vardabhai was hounded out of Mumbai by deputy police commissioner Y.C. Pawar. Mohanbhai explained that Mumbai was his father’s “karmabhoomi” and hence the funeral should take place in the city.

Mohanbhai took charge of the Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations which his father used to organize in a grand manner in front of Matunga railway station. Ironically, Mohanbhai passed away on the first day of Ganeshostav 2025.

News Edit KV Raman