Srinagar, May 29 -- Jammu and Kashmir Forest Minister Javaid Ahmad Rana on Thursday said that the Lieutenant Governor administration and bureaucrats have no role in the demolition drive in Jammu's Sidhra targeting families of alleged encroachmenta week after the incident snowballed into a political controversy.

"I inquired about it with the top officials of my department (Forest Department) and was told that they have no information about it. I called Lok Bhavan (official residence of LG Manoj Sinha), and I also inquired with the Chief Secretary. I was informed that they have no information about it, nor has the Revenue Department given orders for demolition," Rana said, while visiting the affected families in Raika Bandi in Sidhra on th...