{"id":306045,"date":"2018-11-24T14:30:52","date_gmt":"2018-11-24T14:30:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=306045"},"modified":"2018-11-24T14:30:52","modified_gmt":"2018-11-24T14:30:52","slug":"french-ngo-files-complaint-against-rafale-deal-seeks-clarification","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/french-ngo-files-complaint-against-rafale-deal-seeks-clarification\/","title":{"rendered":"French NGO files complaint against Rafale deal, seeks clarification"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-301573 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Rafale-300x163.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"456\" height=\"248\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/08\/Rafale-300x163.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/08\/Rafale-768x419.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/08\/Rafale-1024x558.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/08\/Rafale-696x379.jpg 696w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/08\/Rafale-1068x582.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/08\/Rafale-771x420.jpg 771w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/08\/Rafale-1920x1046.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/08\/Rafale.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 456px) 100vw, 456px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">A French NGO had filed a complaint with their country\u2019s Financial Prosecutor&#8217;s Office demanding an investigation into alleged corruption in the fighter-jet deal.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The NGO, Sherpa that fights &#8220;economic crimes&#8221;, in a press statement said, it wanted clarification on the \u201cconditions\u201d under which the deal to sell India 36 Rafale fighters was reached.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The complaint was lodged on October 26 2018 and it &#8220;follows the complaint lodged on the 4th of October 2018 by a former Indian\u00a0Minister\u00a0and an\u00a0anti-corruption lawyer\u00a0with the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in New Delhi, against the Indian\u00a0Prime\u00a0Minister\u00a0Narendra Modi\u00a0for &#8220;abuse of authority&#8221; and &#8220;grant of undue advantages&#8221; in connection with the sale of Rafale,\u201d according to an official press release of\u00a0Sherpa.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Moreover, Sherpa demanded clarity on the choice of Reliance Defence as the main offsets partner for the Rafale deal.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cIt expects the National Public Prosecutor&#8217;s Office to promptly investigate the seriousness of the facts and the presumptions on the reported offences: potential corruption, grant of undue advantages, trading in influence, complicity of these offences, concealment of corruption and laundering of these offences,\u201d the statement added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The Supreme Court\u00a0of India on November 14 had reserved its verdict on the filed petitions that demanded a court-monitored probe into the Rafale deal in which the\u00a0Indian government\u00a0bought 36 Rafale fighter jets from\u00a0France.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A French NGO had filed a complaint with their country\u2019s Financial Prosecutor&#8217;s Office demanding an investigation into alleged corruption in the fighter-jet deal. The NGO, Sherpa that fights &#8220;economic crimes&#8221;, in a press statement said, it wanted clarification on the \u201cconditions\u201d under which the deal to sell India 36 Rafale fighters was reached. 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