New Delhi: Mediapart, a French online magazine, has made a big claim over the Rafale fighter jet deal. Publishing fake invoices, the magazine claimed that Dassault Aviation, a French rafale maker, had bribed Indian middleman Sushen Gupta for about Rs 65 crore (€7.5 million) to get the deal done and was also known to CBI and ED, but did not take any action.
The report claims that indian agencies decided not to pursue the matter even after the documents were made. 59,000 crores from France. The report says, "This includes offshore companies, suspicious agreements and fake challans. Mediapart may reveal that Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and Enforcement Directorate (ED) associates have evidence since October 2018 that Dassault has given a secret commission of at least Rs 65 crore to middleman Sushen Gupta. '
According to Mediapart, the alleged fake challans enabled Gupta to pay at least 7.5 million euros, or about Rs 65 crore, to help French aircraft manufacturer Dassault Aviation secure a deal for 36 Rafale fighter jets with India. However, even after the present of these documents, Indian agencies did not show interest in the matter and did not initiate an inquiry.
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