New Delhi, Jan 16 (IANS) The union home ministry Monday told the Supreme Court that it had no role in the police operation past midnight June 4, 2011, for evicting yoga guru Ramdev and his followers from the Ramlila ground here.

Solicitor General Rohinton Nariman told the apex court bench of Justice B.S. Chauhan and Justice Swatanter Kumar that the “ministry of home affairs neither directs nor is consulted in such matters and it is only informed”.

Nariman said that the home ministry did not control such matters.

Senior counsel Harish Salve, appearing for Delhi Police, contended that the decision to evict Ramdev and his supporters, protesting against corruption, from the Ramlila ground was that of police and denied that the orders for the action came from the ministry.

He gave details of the log books and other phone calls in support of his plea that there no malafide in police action.

In his brief rebuttal of police’s contention, court-appointed lawyer Rajiv Dhawan said that every police force in the country was controlled by the administration.

The eviction of Ramdev from the Ramlila ground was not a police decision but that of the political bosses, he said.

“Every police in this country is under the control of some authority,” said Dhawan.

Justice Chauhan asked who made the transfer and posting of senior police officer.

The court would next take up the matter Jan 20.