Under Scanner: Alleged Pakistan Spy Jyoti Malhotra , Grilled By IB, NIA ; China, Foreign Visits To Be Probed

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The National Investigation Agency, Intelligence Bureau and military intelligence officials are questioning Haryana YouTuber Jyoti Malhotra, who was arrested recently on charges of spying for Pakistan, police said

According to PTI, A probe into the YouTuber’s financial transactions and travel details is also underway, they said.

Hisar-based Jyoti (33), who ran the YouTube channel ‘Travel with JO’, was arrested from the New Aggarsain Extension on May 16, and booked under the relevant sections of the Official Secrets Act and the BNS, police said.

Jyoti was among 12 people who were arrested from Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh over the past two weeks on charges of espionage, with investigators pointing at an alleged Pakistan-linked spy network operating in north India.

A senior Haryana Police officer in Hisar said the central agencies and military intelligence officials are also probing her travel details, as she had reportedly visited Pakistan, China and some other countries.

An attempt is being made to draw a complete chain of events to see which countries she visited and in what sequence, the officer said.

Earlier, police said her known sources of income did not justify her foreign travels, adding that her financial transactions were also under scanner.

A forensic analysis of Jyoti’s laptop is underway, police said, adding that they would also question those who were in touch with the YouTuber.

On Sunday, Hisar SP Shashank Kumar Sawan said that Pakistani intelligence operatives were developing Jyoti as an “asset”.

She was allegedly in touch with a Pakistani official posted in the Pakistan High Commission in Delhi during the four-day military conflict between India and Pakistan that followed the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack, the SP said.