India, May 21 -- The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Wednesday ordered the Haryana Police to submit within seven days a detailed report on the arrest of Ashoka University professor Ali Khan Mahmudabad over a social media post about the official briefing of Operation Sindoor, observing that the arrest may have prima facie violated his human rights.

The commission's intervention came hours after the Supreme Court ordered the release of the professor, who was arrested on Sunday, on interim bail and ordered the setting up a three-member special investigation team of senior police officers to probe the case.

In its statement, NHRC said the commission had come across a report of May 20 on the professor's arrest and the court order ...