Jyoti Malhotra arrest: Jyoti was allegedly in touch with a Pakistani staffer working on the Pakistan High Commission in Delhi. On May 13, India expelled that Pakistani official for allegedly indulging in espionage.

Hisar:

Haryana’s Hisar District Court despatched YouTuber and journey vlogger Jyoti Malhotra to a four-day police remand on Thursday (May 22). The YouTuber was arrested for allegedly sharing delicate data and being in steady contact with a Pakistani citizen.

Meanwhile, Inspector General of Police (IGP) CID Crime Branch, Sarthak Sarangi, mentioned that info are being verified.

“We have just received information that YouTuber Jyoti Malhotra visited Puri’s Jagannath temple and posted a video regarding it on Instagram. She also visited Chilika and Konark. She was in touch with a YouTuber from Odisha, Priyanka Senapati. We are verifying all the facts. We are in touch with our counterparts in Haryana regarding Jyoti Malhotra,” the police official mentioned.

SP Agrawal mentioned, “Puri Police is investigating. We are in touch with Haryana and several state and central agencies.”

According to Shashank Kumar Sawan, Superintendent of Police (SP) Hisar, Malhotra was being developed as an asset and had maintained ties with different YouTube influencers and Pakistani nationalsSawan said, “She was in touch with other YouTube influencers, and they were also in contact with the Pakistan Information Officers (PIOs). She used to go to Pakistan, like on sponsored trips. She was in Pakistan before the Pahalgam attack, and the investigation is ongoing to establish any possible linkages.”

Jyoti Malhotra was interrogated for allegedly passing data to Pakistan. She allegedly met a Pakistani officer, Ahsan-ur-Rahim, in Delhi, travelled to Pakistan twice, and shared delicate data. During the preliminary investigation, the lady instructed the police that she went to the Pakistan High Commission in Delhi in 2023 to use for a visa and met a person named Ahsan-ur-Rahim, alias Danish. Haris Malhotra, father of the lady arrested by Haryana Police on costs of spying, has mentioned that his daughter made YouTube movies and had visited Pakistan. He demanded the return of the telephones taken by the police. 

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