New Delhi, Jul 19, 2022, By Special Correspondent

New Delhi, Jul 19: Tripura has 105 enemy properties out of 12,611 such establishments in the country, Union Minister of State for Home Ajay Kumar Mishra informed the Lok Sabha on Tuesday.

There 57 such properties in Meghalaya,

29 in Assam and one Andaman and Nicobar Islands, he said.

Enemy properties are those immovable assets that were left behind by people who have taken citizenship of Pakistan and China after leaving India during the partition and after the 1962 war.

Of the 12,611 such properties, 12,485 were related to Pakistani nationals and 126 to Chinese citizens.

As per documents submitted by the minister, the highest number of enemy properties were found in Uttar Pradesh (6,255 properties), followed by West Bengal (4,088 properties), Delhi (659), Goa (295), Maharashtra (208), Telangana (158), Gujarat (151), Bihar (94), Madhya Pradesh (94), Chhattisgarh (78) and Haryana (71).

Besides, there are 71 enemy properties in Kerala, 69 in Uttarakhand, 67 in Tamil Nadu, 24 in Karnataka, 22 in Rajasthan, 10 in Jharkhand, four in Daman and Diu, and one in Andhra Pradesh.

All these properties are vested with the Custodian of Enemy Property for India (CEPI), an authority created under the Enemy Property Act 1968.

According to law, enemy property refers to any property belonging to, held or managed on behalf of an enemy, an enemy subject or an enemy firm.

So far, movable properties worth about Rs 2,700 crore have been disposed of and the amount has been deposited in the Consolidated Fund of India.

However, no immovable enemy property has been sold so far.

The minister said following complaints of certain irregularities with regards to the enemy properties, the government has initiated CBI and departmental inquiry against officials of the Uttar Pradesh government, home ministry and certain private individuals.