India, May 18 -- Ashoka University Professor Ali Khan Mahmudabad, who recently sparked a controversy after his remarks on social media about India's 'Operation Sindoor,' has been arrested, sources said. His lawyer also confirmed to Scroll that Manudabad has been taken into custody by the police.

The arrest comes days after the Haryana State Commission for Women took suo motu cognisance of his comments on Army Colonel Sofia Qureshi and Wing Commander Vyomika Singh.

In a notice, the commission stated that his remarks undermined women officers in the Indian armed forces and fomented communal discord.

Mahmudabad had described the initial media briefings on 'Operation Sindoor' by women officers-- Col Sofia Qureshi and Wing Commander Vyomika...