Op Sindoor posts: SC grants interim bail to Ashoka univ prof

Top court asks Haryana DGP to set up 3-member SIT to continue probe

- PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

The Supreme Court on Wednesday granted interim bail to Ashoka University professor Ali Khan Mahmudabad, arrested for his contentious social media posts on Operation Sindoor, but refused to stay the investigation against him.

A Bench of Justices Surya Kant and N Kotisar Singh directed the Haryana director general of police to constitute a three-member special investigation team (SIT) headed by an inspector general (IG) rank officer also including a superintendent rank woman officer within 24 hours to investigate the case.

The court said the interim bail was granted to the petitioner to facilitate further investigation and directed Mahmudabad to surrender his passport. The SIT, the Bench said, should comprise three directly recruited IPS officers—not from Haryana but serving in the state.

The Bench said aside from the IG rank officer, two others should be police superintendents or above rank officers.