Police have rescued 14 children from a New Delhi sweatshop at the centre of a scandal involving US clothing giant Gap.
Despite reports over the weekend that a Gap supplier had sub-contracted work to the illegal sweatshop in the Shahpur Jat area of Delhi, Indian police did not raid the address until the Daily Telegraph produced photographs of the children still at work.
The Telegraph visited the complex posing as a buyer for a fictional boutique fashion outlet in London.
After negotiations with managers to view the quality of the workmanship and photograph samples, The Telegraph was shown to a series of 12 dingy rooms where both adults and children squatted on the floor performing delicate embroidery and stitching.
Photographs of the children, many of whom appeared shockingly young, were shown to the child rights charity Global March Against Child Labour, who immediately contacted police. Authorities raided the building a few hours later.
Telegraph
