Mumbai club news has become a hot button topic, given the changing nature of what hits the headlines. Now, clubs with their prestigious member base, coveted contracts for food and beverages, sports stadia events, big names on the membership roster and ego battles within the managing committee, have become subjects of voyeuristic interest. The controversies within these institutions have spiralled dangerously from in-house problems to police complaints.

Now the tony Breach Candy club with a Rs 1-crore membership fee is taking up newsprint with simmering controversy spurting to life. A faction of members are taking on a former chairman accusing him and his cronies of being wheeler-dealers, favouritism in memberships, goon-like behaviour and causing losses of more than Rs 20 crore to the club in three years.