Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Bandi Sanjay Kumar on Saturday directed officials to complete by the end of March the accounting of enemy properties in Telangana. The properties belong to individuals who migrated to Pakistan or China and acquired citizenship after events such as the 1962 Chinese aggression and the Indo-Pak wars of 1965 and 1971. There are about 13,000 such properties in 21 states and two Union Territories, with a market value running into thousands of crores. All these properties were entrusted to CEPI. Many of the properties have been encroached upon and or tied up in legal disputes. The MoS asked officials to take necessary steps to safeguard the enemy properties. He stated that appropriate actions would be taken to address encroachments and other related issues after investigation of such properties located in Hyderabad, Ranga Reddy, Bhadradri Kothagudem, and Vikarabad districts. He had asked officials in November last year to complete the enumeration and submit a report by the first week of January.
