India has auctioned off the ancestral property of former Pakistani President, General Pervez Musharraf, located in the Baghpat district of Uttar Pradesh. The property, declared “enemy land” by the Indian government since 2010, was sold at more than three times its base price.
According to Indian media, the land was located in Kotana village, and online bids were invited for the auction. The base price for the property was set at INR 3.9 million (PKR 13.1 million), but the final bid soared to INR 13.8 million (PKR 45.4 million), surpassing its original value by 3.5 times.
This plot was the last remaining piece of land owned by Musharraf’s ancestors in India. Other properties in the same village had already been auctioned off in previous years. Local authorities confirmed that Pervez Musharraf’s grandfather had lived in Kotana, though his father, Syed Musharrafuddin, and mother, Zareen Begum, did not reside there. His uncle, Humayun, lived in the village for a while before selling his land and leaving the country. However, this particular plot was taken over by the Indian government and declared “enemy property.”
Pervez Musharraf, who was born in Delhi, never visited Kotana as his family migrated to Pakistan following the partition in 1947. Villagers noted that some of Musharraf’s relatives continued to live in Kotana until 1965 before moving to Pakistan.
The term “enemy property” refers to assets left behind in India by those who migrated to Pakistan during the partition.
