The arrest of Ashoka University professor Ali Khan Mahmudabad, who caused a stir with a contentious post on the Operation Sindoor briefings, was largely eased by Renu Bhatia, the cochairwoman of the Haryana State Women’s Commission.
Mahmudabad was initially named by Bhatia, one of the complainants in the Ashoka University professor comment case, due to his social media post about Wing Commander Vyomika Singh and Colonel Sofiya Qureshi. The professor was arrested following her complaint, which also sparked public debate.
Haryana Police detained Mahmudabad, the chair of Ashoka University’s Department of Political Science, at his residence in Delhi on Sunday.Two FIRs were filed against him, including allegations of fostering sectarian discord and jeopardising India’s sovereignty, and he was transferred to two days of police prison
Renu Bhatia is who?
Bhatia was born in Srinagar and comes from a Punjabi- Kashmiri family that saw the chaos of the revolution times in Kashmir. Bhatiya has about forty times of political experience and is a devoted member of the BJP.
According to her LinkedIn profile, she started her political career in 2000 as a external councillor in Faridabad and subsequently rose to the position of deputy mayor. She remained a prominent figure in Haryana politics indeed after losing her 2010 election campaign.
In January 2022, Bhatia was appointed as the chairperson of the Haryana Women’s Commission. Her tenure has been extended until 2025.
According to media sources, her commission has roundly pursued matters pertaining to women’s rights, including a significant inquiry into sexual importunity in Jind quarter that involved over 100 girls.
A formal complaint was also filed by the commission in 2023 against Sameena Dalwai, a professor at O P Jindal Global University, for allegedly” outraging the modesty” of womanish pupils.
The part Bhatia played in the professor’s comment case at Ashoka University
Mahmudabad was arrested following Bhatia’s suo motu action and the subsequent complaint.. In reflections, the professor who’s also a prophet for the Samajwadi Party — questioned the use of womanish labor force in government briefings about Operation Sindoor, suggesting that it was done for political reasons.
” We went to the university to have exchanges with the professor,” Bhatia told the intelligencers. He did n’t plan to apologise, but I would have preferred it if he had. He demonstrated the veracity of his statements by refusing to appear before the commission. It was shocking that he did n’t show up or meet with us at his university on the 15th.