 "Sabu M Jacob, promoter, Kitex Garments")
On July 9, 2021, an aircraft chartered by the Telangana government took off from Kochi airport for Hyderabad with a disgruntled Keralite industrialist on board. This was Sabu M Jacob, promoter and managing director of Kitex Garments, the world’s second-largest children’s garment producer. Days before, he had announced that he was moving his planned Rs 3,500-crore investment from Kerala.
Jacob said his decision to shift Kitex’s new project was prompted by a “witch-hunt” by the Pinarayi Vijayan government. Kitex Garments’ clients include global majors such as Gerber, Carter’s, Walmart, Amazon, Target, The Children’s Place and it had planned investments in
