Bulldozer drive reaches ‘State land’ grabbed by Sajjad Gani Lone’s sister

SRINAGAR — The authorities in Srinagar demolished the outer walls of the residence of Peoples Conference leader Sajjad Gani Lone’s sister, Advocate Shabnam Gani Lone in the Kral-Sangri Nishat area of summer capital Srinagar on Saturday, officials said.

An unnamed official, quoted by the Srinagar-based news agency KDC, said that a team of the Revenue Department Srinagar led a demolition drive to reclaim State / Kacharai land under Khasra No. 3557 from the “encroacher” advocate Shabnam Gani Lone.

He said that the demolition in Kral-Sangri at the residence on the outer walls was part of the government’s demolition drive against the “land grabbers”.

Pertinently, the authorities have reiterated that the main target of the drive was to bring down “high-profile land grabbers”.