Mundapallil Oommen Mathai (1909 – 28 August 1981[1]) was the Private Secretary to India's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru before he was forced to quit in 1959 following the charges of corruption.
Mathai was born to a traditional Marthoma Syrian Christian family in central Travancore.
Mathai used to work for the United States Army in India, before becoming the Private Secretary to Nehru in 1946.
[2] The Cabinet Secretary Vishnu Sahay investigated the case and was convinced that Mathai had compromised every file since the days of the Interim Government of India.
[16] Demands for the ban on the book were made during the Janata alliance rule but Morarji Desai refused these suggestions.