21-May-2025 02:44 PM
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New Delhi, May 21 (Reporter) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Wednesday
took suo motu cognizance of the arrest and remand of Ashoka University professor Ali Khan Mahmoodabad and observed that prima facie his human rights and liberty had been vilolated.
The NHRC also issued notice to the Director General Of Haryana Police asking him to submit
a detailed report within a week.
'The National Human Rights Commission has come across a news report dated May 20 regarding the arrest and remand to custody of a Professor of Ashoka University in Haryana. The Commission has noted that the report, which contains a gist of the allegations on the basis of which he has been arrested, discloses, prima facie, that the human rights and liberty of the said Professor have been violated.
Therefore, it has deemed it to be a fit case for taking suo motu cognizance of the reported incident.' an official statement said.
Accordingly, the NHRC has issued a notice to the Director General of Police, Haryana, calling for a detailed report in the matter within one week0, the statement said...////...