New Delhi, Aug 3 - Arms dealer Suresh Nanda approached the Delhi High Court Monday seeking the release of his passport that has been impounded by the government after he was alleged to have received kickbacks in the purchase of Israeli Barak missiles in 2000.

Nanda's passport was in 2006 seized by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) that is probing the multi-million-dollar Barak missile deal. He was later allowed by a trial court to go abroad but was restrained by the Delhi High Court.

Nanda later approached the Supreme Court which on Jan 24 last year said the seizure of the passport by CBI was illegal and the law doesn't authorise the investigating agency to take such an action.

The CBI then released his passport but it was impounded by the External Affairs Ministry in February last year.

In his petition, Nanda alleged that the government was harassing him by not releasing his passport.