Ali Khan Mahmudabad, Associate Professor and Head of the Political Science Department at Ashoka University in Haryana’s Sonipat, was arrested on May 18 over a social media post related to Operation Sindoor — India’s ongoing military response to the Pahalgam terror attack. Mahmudabad’s arrest followed a complaint by a member of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM), the youth wing of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The Haryana State Commission for Women had also issued a notice to him regarding his remarks, adding to the pressure on the university to act.
