Navi Mumbai resident Bhagwan Chetlani, who also attended the auction but wasn’t successful in buying a property, said that he was unaware of the ownership details but decided to participate after reading about the auction. Shrivastav said that he too had no prior knowledge of the property's owner and decided to bid after reading about the auction in the newspaper. He emphasised that he placed the significant bid without knowing the property belonged to Dawood. 

“I am a staunch Sanātanī and now I plan to develop schools on both these properties. I will systematically convert them. Earlier, I successfully won Dawood's bungalow/haveli in an auction and have already registered it in the name of a traditional school,” said the Delhi-based lawyer who placed the highest bids on the two properties registered in the name of Dawood's mother. The properties held by SAFEMA include details such as the type of land and ownership information.