New Delhi, May 20 -- A row erupted after Ashoka University Associate Professor Ali Khan Mahmudabad was arrested by Haryana Police over his social media comments on India's 'Operation Sindoor' conducted against Pakistan.

Mahmudabad, who heads the Political Science department at Ashoka University, was arrested on Sunday from his residence in Delhi after two FIRs were registered against him. The charges include endangering the "sovereignty of India and promoting communal disharmony".

The FIRs were filed at Rai Police Station in Haryana's Sonipat district - one based on a complaint by Haryana State Women Commission Chairperson Renu Bhatia, and the other by a village sarpanch.

According to media reports, Renu Bhatia, Chairperson of the Hary...