UP Land Linked to Pakistani Ex-President Musharraf Auctioned for Rs 1.38 Crore as Enemy Property

Baghpat: A two-hectare land parcel classified as enemy property and associated with Pakistan 's former president Pervez Musharraf, has been auctioned for Rs 1.38 crore. The property is located in Kotana village, Baraut tehsil of Baghpat and was declared as enemy property in 2010.

The classification of enemy property pertains to assets owned by Pakistani nationals in India and is managed by the Custodian Of Enemy Property, a department under the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA). 

Musharraf, a former Pakistan military chief who seized power after a coup in the country in 1999, died in 2023. He was born in Delhi in pre-Partition India. Baraut's Sub-Divisional Magistrate Amar Verma confirmed that Musharraf's grandfather lived in Kotana.

“As far as the former Pakistan president is concerned, he was born in Delhi. He never came here. These people have joint land here,” Verma said. He added that Musharraf's father Syed Musharrafuddin and mother Zarin Begum never resided in the village, though his uncle Humayun lived there for a long time.

He said there is also a house in the village where Humayun lived before Independence. In 2010, this piece of land was declared enemy property and its auction was finalised at 10.30 pm on Thursday, he added.

The auctioned land, initially valued at Rs 39.06 lakh, was sold for over Rs 1.38 crore, and the proceeds will be deposited in the MHA department’s account. Baghpat’s Additional District Magistrate (ADM) Pankaj Verma stated, “The land is recorded under the name 'Nuru' in our revenue records. There is no documented connection between this Nuru and Pervez Musharraf. The records only show that Nuru was a resident who left for Pakistan in 1965.” 

The land, located about eight kilometers from Baraut tehsil in Kotana village, is not classified as residential.