Lilliput Kidswear is an Indian clothing brand that makes clothes specifically for children and is headquartered in

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History

Sanjeev Narula founded Lilliput Kidswear in 2003.

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invested $60 million into Lilliput Kidswear in May 2010. Two weeks after the IPO of Lilliput, a whistle blower called to inform investment firms that the revenue figures in Lilliput were inflated. Bain Capital Partners sued the audit firm Ernst & Young Global Limited, after the invested in Lilliput kidswear on the advice of the auditing firm. Bain Capital claimed to have incurred a loss of $60 million over the investment. Bain Capital left the company in 2013 according to the CEO of Lilliput Kidswear.

Controversy over fraud

In 2013, Lilliput Kidswear bought clothing worth $5,000,000 (40 Crores BDT) from 22 Bangladeshi garment suppliers. After receiving no payment, Central bank of Bangladesh via

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approached the

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to solve the issue. After mediation from Indian Commerce ministerministry, Lilliput Kidswear made no payments to Bangladeshi suppliers. As a result, those supplier companies got bankrupted and incurred a great loss resulting shutdown of their factories.

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