Pradip Burman moves fresh plea to go to Hong Kong

Dabur India promoter Pradip Burman, whose name figures in the list given by the government to the Supreme Court in the black money issue, moved another application in a court here Wednesday seeking permission to travel to Hong Kong.

Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Devendra Kumar Sharma will hear arguments Thursday.

The court Tuesday dismissed Burman's application seeking permission to visit Hong Kong for attending his elder brother's death anniversary.

Burman, in his fresh application, pleaded that he wanted to attend the 70th birthday of his brother's wife.

In his plea, in one place he sought permission to go abroad for three days Jan 23-26, on another page, he said he wanted to go abroad for five days starting Jan 22.

Seeking review of the court's Tuesday order, 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.

The court had earlier twice allowed Burman to go abroad, including a trip to London to meet his ailing brother.

The court had granted bail but barred Burman from leaving the country without its permission after the income tax department said there was a likelihood that he might leave the country to avoid prosecution in the case.

A case was registered against Burman under the Income Tax Act for offences relating to concealment of income and tax evasion.

According to the department's complaint, Burman held foreign bank accounts but had not disclosed this in his income tax returns and there were undisclosed deposits in the accounts.