Baghpat: A property in Uttar Pradesh’s Baghpat, previously owned by relatives of former Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf, was sold at auction on September 5. The government auctioned the 13 bighas of land for Rs 1.38 crore through an online bidding process. The winning bid came from three local farmers from Baghpat.
The land, registered under Musharraf’s relatives, will now be transferred to the new owners, thus removing any connection with Musharraf’s family from the Baghpat land records. Nuru Mian, a resident of Kotana village in Baraut tehsil of Baghpat, who is believed to be related to Musharraf, had the property auctioned. Nuru, who moved to Pakistan in 1965, had about 13 bighas of land in Kotana, which was declared “enemy property” by the government in 2010.
End of Musharraf family’s ties to ancestral land
The online auction, conducted by the Enemy Property Custodian Office, ran from 11 am to 9 pm. The land, divided into eight plots or Khasra numbers, saw a portion—about 4 bighas—acquired by local resident Pankaj Kumar. This sale marks the official end of the land’s connection to Musharraf’s family. Originally from Baghpat, Musharraf’s family had relocated to Delhi in 1943 before moving to Pakistan in 1947.
What is ‘enemy property’?
The term “enemy property” refers to assets left behind by individuals who acquired citizenship in Pakistan or China, mainly between 1947 and 1962. These properties are managed by the Custodian of Enemy Property for India, a central government office established under the Enemy Property Act of 1968, which was enacted following the India-Pakistan War of 1965. As of April this year, there are approximately 12,611 such properties in India, collectively valued at over Rs 1 lakh crore.
