Hyderabad, May 20 -- Ashoka University professor Ali Khan Mahmudabad, who was arrested by the Haryana police over a Facebook post on Operation Sindoor, has been sent to judicial custody after a local court declined the police's request for his 7-day custody.

A district court in Sonepat remanded him to judicial custody after he spent two days in police custody following his arrest.

The arrest was made on Sunday based on a complaint filed by the general secretary of Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Yuva Morcha in Haryana, Yogesh Jatheri. Khan was booked under sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) pertaining to inciting armed rebellion or subversive activities and insulting religious beliefs and disturbing communal harmony.

The arre...