Ashoka College says ‘we’re relieved and heartened’ by grant of bail to professor Mahmudabad by SC | Schooling
Could 21, 2025 02:06 PM IST
Mahmudabad was arrested on Sunday by Haryana police for his social media posts associated to Operation Sindoor.
The Ashoka College on Wednesday mentioned it was “relieved” and “heartened” that the Supreme Court docket granted interim bail to its professor Ali Khan Mahmudabad.
Mahmudabad was arrested on Sunday by Haryana police for his social media posts associated to Operation Sindoor.
“We’re relieved and heartened by prof Ali Khan Mahmudabad being granted interim bail by the Hon’ble Supreme Court docket. It has offered nice consolation to his household and all of us at Ashoka College,” the college mentioned in an announcement.
The Supreme Court docket on Wednesday granted interim bail to Mahmudabad however refused to remain the investigation in opposition to him.
A bench of Justices Surya Kant and N Kotisar Singh directed the Haryana DGP to represent a three-member Particular Investigation Group (SIT) headed by an IG rank officer and together with an SP rank girl officer inside 24 hours for investigating the case.
The bench restrained the professor from writing any additional on-line posts on the latest India-Pakistan battle and requested him to cooperate with the SIT investigation.
On Tuesday, a courtroom in Sonipat despatched Mahmudabad to judicial custody until Could 27.
Haryana police had arrested Mahmudabad on Sunday after two FIRs have been registered in opposition to him, alleging his social media posts on Operation Sindoor endangered the sovereignty and integrity of the nation.
The FIRs have been lodged on the Rai police station in Sonipat district — one primarily based on a grievance by the chairperson of Haryana State Fee for Ladies, Renu Bhatia, and the opposite on a grievance by a village sarpanch.
A number of political events and academicians had condemned the arrest.
