India, May 20 -- Renu Bhatia, the Haryana State Women's Commission chairperson, has played a central role in the arrest of Ali Khan Mahmudabad, the Ashoka University professor who stirred a row with a controversial post on the Operation Sindoor briefings.

One of the complainants in the Ashoka University professor remark case, Bhatia, first summoned Mahmudabad over his social media post on Colonel Sofiya Qureshi and Wing Commander Vyomika Singh. Her complaint led to the professor's arrest and sparked a national debate.

Mahmudabad, the head of the political science department at Ashoka University, was arrested on Sunday by Haryana Police at his residence in Delhi. He was remanded to two days of police custody after two FIRs were registere...