New Delhi, May 21 -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday granted interim bail to Ashoka University professor Ali Khan Mahmudabad, who was arrested by Haryana Police over a Facebook post commenting on 'Operation Sindoor', India's military response to the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack.

The court also directed that a Special Investigation Team (SIT), comprising three senior officers not residing in Haryana, including a woman IPS officer and led by a DGP-rank officer, be constituted within 24 hours to probe the case.

A bench of Justices Surya Kant and N Kotiswar Singh said the bail was being granted only to facilitate the ongoing investigation. It also directed Mahmudabad, who is the head of the political science department at Ashoka Universit...