Dabur promoter Pradip Burman, whose name has cropped up in the list given by the Centre to the Supreme Court on the blackmoney issue, on Wednesday again moved a Delhi court seeking permission to travel abroad, a day after he was denied the same.

However, Burman, who had yesterday sought permission to travel to Hong kong to attend his elder brother’s death anniversary, today chose a new ground that he wanted to attend the 70th birthday of his brother’s wife.

Income Tax Department’s standing counsel Brijesh Garg while opposing his earlier plea, had said Burman should not be allowed to travel abroad as a “pleasure treat” in routine course.

Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (ACMM) Devendra Kumar Sharma has fixed the application for hearing arguments tomorrow.

Burman is facing prosecution in a complaint filed by IT Department alleging that he was holding foreign bank accounts which he had not disclosed in his income tax returns and there were undisclosed deposits in those two accounts.

Burman, in his fresh plea, said it was erroneously mentioned earlier that he wanted to go to attend his brother’s death anniversary for five days from January 22.

Seeking a review of the court’s yesterday order dismissing his plea seeking permission to go abroad, Burman said he wished to go to Hong Kong to attend the birthday party of his deceased brother’s wife as he wanted to stay connected with that family to take care of them.

In his plea, while on one place he sought permission to visit foreign for three days from January 23 to January 26, on another page, he said he wanted to go abroad for five days from January 22.

The court had earlier allowed Burman twice to go abroad including London to attend his ailing younger brother there. The court had yesterday denied him permission to go abroad saying there was no justifiable ground for it.

It had said there was nothing on record to show that it was necessary for him to attend the family function and if such permission is granted to accused persons, there would be no end for foreign visits without justifiable ground.

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