Mediapart claims that Dassault and Thales paid Gupta over nearly two decades, hiring him "at the beginning of the 2000s... when India announced it was looking to buy 126 fighter jets", and that a key anti-corruption clause was deleted from the eventual contract France and India signed for this reason.
Investigation by French portal 'Mediapart' also reveals how Dassault misled prosecutors by claiming the 'Reliance' of Anil Ambani and Mukesh Ambani is same firm.