Haryana university professor arrested for his remarks on Operation Sindoor
Ashoka University associate professor Ali Khan Mahmudabad has been arrested in connection with his social media remarks on Operation Sindoor, police said on Sunday.
DCP Crime Narender Singh stated that two FIRs have been registered against Mahmudabad at the Rai police station.
He said one FIR was filed based on a complaint by Yogesh Jatheri, a BJP Youth Morcha leader and the sarpanch of Jatheri village, while the other was registered following a complaint from Haryana women's commission chairperson Renu Bhatia.
The professor will be produced in court, and the police will seek remand for further investigation, the DCP added.
Mahmudabad was arrested from Delhi.
Notably, Haryana State Commission for Women (HSCW) chairperson Renu Bhatia took suo motu cognizance of Mahmudabad’s remarks, which were alleged to be disparaging toward women in the Indian Armed Forces and to promote communal disharmony.
The Commission summoned the professor to appear on May 14; however, he failed to do so.
The associate professor had later said that the Commission has “misread” his comment.
“...I am surprised that the Women's Commission, while overreaching its jurisdiction, has misread and misunderstood my posts to such an extent that they have inverted their meaning,” Mahmudabad, had said on X.
On Thursday, chairperson Bhatia visited Ashoka University to inquire further into the issue.
Meanwhile, in a statement regarding the arrest of Mahmudabad, Ashoka University said, “We have been made aware that Professor Ali Khan Mahmudabad has been taken into police custody earlier today. We are in the process of ascertaining details of the case.”
“The university will cooperate with the police and local authorities in the investigation fully,” the statement added.
