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'Stark violation' of academic freedom: Students, professors back Ashoka University professor
NF Times
|May 22, 2025
Students of Ashoka University has come forward supporting their professor Ali Khan Mahmudabad, terming his arrest as a stark violation" of not just academic freedom, but of the very principles he taught them and stood for.
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Teachers from different universities have also come out in support. Ali Khan Mahmudabad, an associate professor at the Sonipat-based university, was arrested for his social media posts on Operation Sindoor. The students also joined the call for his immediate release, terming Mahmudabad's arrest "wrongful". A Sonipat court on Tuesday sent Mahmudabad to judicial custody till May 27. Haryana Police arrested Mahmudabad, the head of Ashoka University's political science department, on Sunday after two FIRs were registered against him, alleging his social media post on Operation Sindoor endangered the sovereignty and integrity of the country.
The FIRs were lodged at the Rai police station in Sonipat district -- one based on a complaint by the chairperson of Haryana State Commission for Women, Renu Bhatia, and the other on a complaint by a village sarpanch.
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