Ashoka College Professor Ali Khan Mahmudabad Despatched To 14-Day Judicial Custody Over Publish On Op Sindoor
Ali Khan Mahmudabad, the Ashoka College professor, who was arrested for a social media publish about Operation Sindoor, which critics say is way from objectionable, was on Tuesday despatched to 14-day judicial custody by an area courtroom in Haryana.
“The police sought an extension of his remand by seven days. Throughout the arguments, we opposed the extension of the police remand… The courtroom has despatched him to judicial custody until Could 27,” Kapil Balyan, one of many attorneys representing Mr Mahmudabad, mentioned.
Earlier on Monday, the Supreme Court docket agreed to listen to Mr Mahmudabad’s petition difficult his arrest.
Senior lawyer Kapil Sibal, showing for Mr Mahmudabad, instructed the courtroom, “He has been arrested for a patriotic assertion. Please listing it.”
My assertion re the summons that I obtained from the Haryana State Ladies’s Fee.
The posts that have been misunderstood and objected to could be accessed on my Fb web page. pic.twitter.com/U4rZrAXhFx
— Ali Khan Mahmudabad (@Mahmudabad) Could 14, 2025
The courtroom will doubtless hear the matter on Wednesday.
The 2 FIRs in opposition to the Ashoka professor have been lodged on the Rai Police Station in Sonipat in Haryana — one primarily based on a grievance from the chairperson of Haryana State Fee for Ladies, Renu Bhatia, and the opposite on the grievance of a village sarpanch.
Mr Mahmudabad, the pinnacle of the Political Science division at Ashoka College, was arrested on Sunday by Haryana Police from his residence in Delhi. Endangering India’s sovereignty and selling communal disharmony are the costs invoked in opposition to the professor.
The Ladies’s Fee had earlier said that his feedback have been disparaging to ladies officers within the Indian Armed Forces.
Responding to the arrest on Sunday, Ashoka College mentioned in a press release, “We’ve been made conscious that Prof. Ali Khan Mahmudabad has been taken into police custody earlier at present. We’re within the technique of ascertaining particulars of the case. The College will proceed to cooperate with the Police and native authorities within the investigation absolutely.”
The arrest has drawn criticism from opposition leaders.
Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge has additionally condemned the arrest, saying, “The arrest of Ashoka College professor, Ali Khan Mahmudabad, reveals how fearful the BJP is of any opinion disliked by them.”
“I’ve learn and re-read your entire tweet of Prof Ali Khan Mahmudabad. Which portion of the assertion did Haryana Police discover objectionable and violative of legislation? Will somebody from Haryana Police please enlighten us?” requested Congress’ P Chidambaram.
Samajwadi Occasion chief Akhilesh Yadav in contrast the swift motion in opposition to Mr Mahmudabad with the sluggish response to Vijay Shah’s remark in opposition to Colonel Sophiya Qureshi.
He mentioned on X, “These in energy are free even after talking ailing of others, and those that spoke the reality have been arrested.”
