New Delhi: MDH owner Mahashay Dharampal Gulati death news is a rumour, sources close to his family asserted on Sunday. While dismissing reports of his death, the family has reportedly said that he is alive and fit. Earlier it was reported that the 99-year-old died at a hospital in the national capital on Saturday, October 6. Also Read - MDH Masala Owner Mahashay Dharampal Gulati Not Dead

“The reports of Mahashay Dharampal Gulati are a hoax. He is hale and hearty,” a source told India.com quoting the MDH owner’s daughter Kiran Grover.

“I had met him a few days before for some professional work,” another source claimed while rubbishing the reports of MDH owner’s death that are doing rounds on the internet since late Saturday night.

About Mahashay Dharampal Gulati

Mahashay Dharampal Gulati, the son of company’s founder – Mahashay Chunni Lal Gulati, moved to Delhi after the partition of India. In 1959, he set up MDH Masala factory, also known as Mahashian Di Hatti, after buying a plot in Kirti Nagar area of the national capital.

Initially, Mahashay Dharampal Gulati started a spice shop in a shack. Later, he opened the same at Ajmal Khan Road in Karol Bagh area.

As per reports, he was the highest paid FMCG (Fast Moving Consumer Goods) CEO in India in the year 2017.

Mahashay Dharampal Gulati was born and raised in Sialkot, Pakistan. He dropped out of school when he was in fifth class to assist his father at the shop. During partition, he moved to Delhi along with his family.