"Baseless, Misleading": Indian Firm Defsys On Rafale Deal Allegations

It said 50 replica models of Rafale aircraft were delivered to Dassault Aviation based on a purchase order received from the defence major.

An Indian firm on Tuesday said it supplied 50 replicas of Rafale aircraft to its maker Dassault Aviation, a day after a fresh controversy erupted over the fighter jets' deal following a French media report. French publication ''Mediapart'', citing an investigation by the country's anti-corruption agency, reported that Dassault Aviation had paid about one million Euros to Defsys Solutions for 50 models of the aircraft which were to be given as "gifts". The media report said the inspectors of the Agence Francaise Anticorruption (AFA) were given no proof that these models were made. Defsys Solutions on Tuesday released a statement and tax invoices stating that the allegations were totally unfounded.