French Prosecutor Overruled Deputy to Close Rafale Probe, Cited 'Interests of France' Investigation by French portal 'Mediapart' also reveals how Dassault misled prosecutors by claiming the 'Reliance' of Anil Ambani and Mukesh Ambani is same firm. Credit: Reuters Business1 hour ago New Delhi: The former head of the French public prosecution services’ financial crimes branch overruled advice given by a deputy when deciding not to formally investigate allegations of corruption in the controversial sale of 36 Rafale aircraft to India, according to a damaging new report published by the Paris-based investigative website, The sale was also the subject of a petition before the Indian Supreme Court which sought a Central Bureau of Investigation probe into how and why the Narendra Modi government replaced an earlier agreement to buy 126 Rafale aircraft â the bulk of which would be manufactured in India by the public sector company HAL â with the off-the-shelf purchase of planes with some of the allied offset benefits going to Anil Ambani’s Reliance group.