New Delhi, July 16 -- The Supreme Court on July 16 asked why the Haryana Police Special Investigation Team (SIT), constituted to investigate the two FIRs lodged against Ashoka University Professor Ali Khan Mahmudabad over his two social media posts on 'Operation Sindoor', was 'misdirecting' itself.

A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi observed that the SIT was formed specifically to investigate the two social media posts and asked why it was expanding the scope.

The top court directed the SIT to complete its inquiry within four weeks, legal news website LiveLaw reported.

The bench pointed out that the SIT was constituted specifically to understand the true meaning of the social media posts and to ascertain if they constit...