Rohtak, May 21 -- A local court in Sonepat on Tuesday sent Ashoka University professor Ali Khan Mahmudabad, who was arrested for a social media post about Operation Sindoor, to judicial custody till May 27. One of Khan's lawyers, Kapil Balyan, said that Sonepat police had sought an extension of his remand by seven days on the ground that they wanted to recover his passport but the court turned down the plea. "The police sought an extension of his remand by seven days. During the arguments, we opposed the extension of the police remand. The court has sent him to judicial custody till May 27," Balyan said. Haryana Police had arrested Mahmudabad on Sunday after two FIRs were registered against him, alleging his social media posts on Operation Sindoor endangered the sovereignty and integrity of the country. The court granted two-day police remand on one of the FIRs registered by chairperson of the Haryana state commission for women, Renu Bhatia, and granted him judicial custody on another FIR lodged by Jatheri village sarpanch Yogesh Jatheri. The associate professor's arrest came days after the state women's commission sent a notice to him questioning his remarks, though Mahmudabad had maintained that they were "misunderstood" and asserted that he had exercised his fundamental right to freedom of speech. The Haryana state commission for women had sent a notice to Mahmudabad on May 12, saying that a prima facie review of his social media posts reveal various concerns which include "disparaging of women in uniform, including Colonel Sofiya Qureshi and Wing Command Vyomika Singh, undermining their role as professional officers in the Indian armed forces.." The Supreme Court is likely to hear on Wednesday a plea of Ashoka University's faculty Ali Khan Mahmudabad against his arrest for his social media posts over Operation Sindoor....