India, May 28 -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed that the Special Investigation Team (SIT) set up on its orders should confine its probe against Ashoka University professor Ali Khan Mahmudabad to the contents of the two First Information Reports (FIRs) registered over his Facebook posts on 'Operation Sindoor'.

The SIT cannot investigate matters "beyond the scope" of the two FIRs already registered against Mahmudabad, who heads the political science department at the Sonepat-based private university, a bench of justices Surya Kant and Dipankar Datta said.

"We direct that the investigation of SIT shall be confined to the contents of the two FIRs subject matter of these proceedings," the bench said. The court also said the SIT must...