File images of Ali Khan Mahmudabad | Image source: Special arrangement
Ali Khan Mahmudabad, a political scientist who teaches at Ashoka University, was arrested for social media posts related to Operation Sindor, shocked the literature and intellectuals in his hometown of Lucknow. They claimed that the academician’s fundamental rights had been violated and that he was deliberately targeted at a view of breach of the ruling.
“This case will not stand in court in court, but the defendant will be detained unnecessarily for fifty-seven days. Unnecessary actions show a lack of tolerance in our society, and the contrary voice will be silent. If you read the comments on female officials. If the comments on female officials. Police rankings for Uttar Pradesh cadres in India Police Department officials.
Sharat Pradhan, a senior political commentator at Lucknow, has known Mr Khan and his family for thirty years, claiming that the arrest suggestion conveys a broader message that fits the agenda of the ruling elite.
“I have no reason to arrest him. There is a conspiracy to do something against famous Muslims, so a broader message can fit the agenda of the ruling elite. This action is seriously illegal and biased.”
Mr. Pradhan remembered his last formal conversation in a book discussion with the academicians of Cambridge University, adding: “I was shocked by the knowledge of Hindu religion. He cited the quote from Bhagavad Gita extensively. Faults in Faith: How the 1979 events shape the Islamic world. The defendant is the grandson of Mohammad Amir Ahmad Khan, former Raja of Mahmudabad. ”
“He was arrested by Haryana police for allegedly endangering India’s sovereignty, including complaints from the leaders of the BJP Youth Wing. The post that led to the arrest described Colonel Qureshi’s briefing in Sindoor operation as “Optics” and said, “… Optics must convert Optics into a realistic reality or otherwise its Hustrocrisy’s Hustrocrisy’’ Hyshy’s HypocriSy’’”.
Mr. Khan has a connection with the Samajwadi Party (SP).
S. Mohammad Haider Rizvi, an advocate for the Lucknow bench in the Allahabad High Court, and Mr. Khan’s close friends raised the legal view of the case. “The legal part, i.e., BNS needs an active Men (Intention to cause harm…the sinful mind) In this case, this is because the discourse, even in its surface value, cannot be said to serve the elements of the above terms of authorized life or seven years of punishment. The 152 BNS allegedly attracted in the case was not even attracted. ”
Refers to Manzar Sayeed Khan v Statethe quotes in paragraph 13 are as follows. …The effect of words must be judged by the standards of reasonable, strong, firm and brave people, not those who have stimulation and danger in every hostile view, nor those who have weak thoughts.
When asked how Mr Khan is viewed in the Muslim community in Lucknow, the lawyer replied: “As an academician, he is a class, which is why he was appointed at the University of Ahsoka. Some people cannot distinguish between real statements and statements that tend to affect the country’s sovereignty.”
Syed Husain Afsar, a native of Lucknow, described Mr Khan as one of the city’s leading academic figures, noting his rare quality of reciting Marcia (Elegy poem). “Among the literary figures in Lucknow, Ali Khan has a big name. He is the main promoter and planner of major literary and academic activities in Lucknow. He reads the songs Marsiya, which is crucial among Shia Muslims.” Marcia Singing in the month of Ramzan to commemorate the sacrifice of Imam Hussain in the Battle of Karbala.
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