New Delhi, May 20 -- The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to urgently hear, perhaps as early as Tuesday, a petition filed by Ashoka University professor Ali Khan Mahmudabad challenging his arrest over a Facebook post following Operation Sindoor, India's military strikes on terror hubs in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. The professor, who is head of the political science department at the University, was arrested on Sunday by the Haryana police pursuant to two complaints, including one by the Haryana State Commission for Women. The complaints, most people admit, seem to be a complete misreading of his post, which does not say anything critical about Operation Sindoor or the two women military officers who, on several occasions, briefed the media on it. Appearing for the professor, senior advocate Kapil Sibal mentioned the matter for urgent listing before Chief Justice of India (CJI) Bhushan R Gavai. Sibal said, "A professor at Ashoka University has been proceeded against entirely for patriotic comments. I want the matter to be listed urgently." The CJI directed that it be listed wither for Tuesday or Wednesday. The top court's intervention comes amid outrage over the action of the Haryana police after Mahmudabad was arrested from his home in New Delhi,and taken to Sonipat. The Haryana police's alacrity contrasts strongly with the inaction of the Madhya Pradesh police which has been slow to investigate comments by a state minister, Vijay Shah that communalised the involvement of Col Sofiya Qureshi, one of the women officers, in the briefings. The faculty of Ashoka University vowed their support for their colleague, whom they called an invaluable member of the university community....