Civil society teams in Lucknow have rallied strongly round Dr Ali Khan Mahmudabad, an affiliate professor at Ashoka College and a descendant of the royal household of Mahmudabad in Uttar Pradesh, who was arrested on Could 18 after two instances had been registered towards him in Sonipat, Haryana, over social media posts associated to Operation Sindoor briefings.
Dr Ali Khan Mahmudabad
The Supreme Court docket has agreed to an pressing listening to this week for the affiliate professor’s petition difficult his arrest. Chief Justice of India BR Gavai has directed the itemizing of the matter both on Tuesday or Wednesday.
Ali Khan Mahmudabad is an alumnus of the La Martiniere Faculty, Lucknow. He holds a doctorate from the College of Cambridge and is thought for his tutorial contributions. From 2019 to 2022, he additionally served because the nationwide spokesperson for the Samajwadi Get together.
Academicians, legal professionals, historians, and cultural activists in Lucknow have expressed concern over his arrest.
BJP chief and former Ambedkar Nagar MP Ritesh Pandey has referred to as for a good and clear authorized course of, in his social media submit.
Former Lucknow College vice chancellor Roop Rekha Verma, junior vice chairman of the civil society platform Sanjhi Duniya, defended Mahmudabad, stating, “He has not humiliated anyone or written anything offensive against women. His words were misrepresented.”
La Martiniere Women’ Faculty principal Ashrita Dass mentioned, “I am worried for him. I’ve read the post in question and do not find anything objectionable in it.”
Movie-maker Iqbal Kidwai, an alumnus of La Martiniere Faculty like Ali Khan Mahmudabad, mentioned the school stands firmly in his help.
Assist has additionally are available in from ladies’s rights teams and cultural organizations.
Distinguished our bodies such because the All India Democratic Girls’s Affiliation (AIDWA), Individuals’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL), Indian Individuals’s Theatre Affiliation (IPTA), Bhartiya Mahila Federation, and the All India Progressive Girls’s Affiliation (AIPWA) have issued statements demanding a good authorized course of and condemning what they understand as an assault on freedom of expression.
People representing these teams — together with Madhu Garg, Vandana Rai, and Suman Singh from AIDWA; Vandana Mishra from PUCL; Kanti Mishra and Asha Mishra from the Bhartiya Mahila Federation; Dinkar Kapoor of AIPF; Rakesh from IPTA; Naish Hasan from Janwadi Lekhak Sangh; and Meena Singh from AIPWA — have all prolonged their solidarity with Ali Khan Mahmudabad.
Dr Mahmudabad’s shut mates and associates — together with students Dr Kalbe Noori Hussain Afsar and Ali Congress chairperson Rubina Murtaza have additionally voiced concern over the difficulty.