Haryana YouTuber Jyoti Malhotra held on espionage charge
The Hindu
Haryana YouTuber arrested for espionage activities, linked to Pakistani officials, with 3.77 lakh subscribers on YouTube.
A Haryana-based YouTuber has been arrested on the charge of passing on sensitive information to Pakistani intelligence operatives, police said on Saturday (May 17, 2025).
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Jyoti Malhotra, who runs a YouTube channel, Travel with JO, and hails from Hisar in Haryana, was arrested from New Aggarsain Extension, they said.
She has been booked under the relevant sections of the Official Secrets Act and the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, said police. She was sent to a five-day police remand after being produced before the court.
Jyoti, whose YouTube channel has 3.77 lakh subscribers, allegedly was in contact with a Pakistani staffer working at the Pakistan High Commission in Delhi. On May 13, India had expelled that Pakistani official for allegedly indulging in espionage.
Earlier, two persons, including a woman, were arrested from Malerkotla by Punjab police for their alleged involvement in espionage activities linked to the Pakistani official posted at the High Commission.
In 2023, Jyoti came in contact with Ehsan-ur-Rahim alias Danish at the Pakistan High Commission where she went to seek a visa to visit the neighbouring nation, according to an FIR lodged at Civil Lines Police Station on May 16.
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