India, May 21 -- The Supreme Court of India on Wednesday pulled up Ashoka University assistant professor Ali Khan Mahmudabad for his social media post regarding India's Operation Sindoor against Pakistan.

Despite granting him an interim bail, the top court slammed Ali Khan Mahmudabad for his Facebook post and accused him of "dog-whistling".

The matter was heard by a bench of Justices Surya Kant and N Kotisar Singh, who accused the Ashoka University professor of trying to gain "cheap publicity".

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