YouTuber Jyoti Malhotra To Appear In Hisar Court Today Over Espionage Allegations
Jyoti Malhotra, who was arrested on charges of an alleged espionage ring, will be produced before a court in Hisar today!
YouTuber and social media influencer Jyoti Malhotra, who was arrested on charges of an alleged espionage ring, will be produced before a court in Hisar today after undergoing a four-day police remand. The 33-year-old vlogger of a travel channel called Travel with Jo is among a dozen people who were held during a multi-state crackdown in Punjab, Haryana, and Uttar Pradesh last week. Jyoti Malhotra was first brought into custody for five days of interrogation. She was again brought before the court on May 22, when the government obtained an additional four-day extension to question her. Her arrest is part of a wider investigation into a presumed intelligence network with connections to Pakistan.
Jyoti Malhotra To Appear Before Hisar Court
According to Hisar police, though no sensitive information has been directly linked to her, she was said to have been in contact with people who were identified as Pakistani intelligence operatives. One of them, named Ehsan-ur-Rahim also Danish had already worked in the Pakistani High Commission in India and was sent back on May 13 on charges of suspected espionage-related activity. Investigations state that Jyoti Malhotra had been in touch with Danish since November 2023. She had also been in touch with him when there was a military standoff between India and Pakistan after the Pahalgam terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir that resulted in 26 deaths.
Authorities believe Pakistani handlers were grooming Jyoti Malhotra to serve as an intelligence asset. Her history of travel, including trips to Pakistan, China, Bangladesh, and some other countries, has further fueled investigators’ suspicions that she was involved in cross-border intelligence operations. According to reports, Jyoti Malhotra used end-to-end encrypted messaging apps such as WhatsApp, Snapchat, and Telegram to converse with her suspected partners. Her digital equipment, including three smartphones and a laptop, has been forwarded for forensic analysis. Four of her bank accounts are also under examination for unusual transactions.
Central agencies have also been investigating the case, and police forces from several states like Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Maharashtra, Goa, and Uttar Pradesh, have reportedly sought permission to interrogate her.
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First Published: May 26, 2025 11:21 AM
