
YouTuber Jyoti Malhotra's Diary Revealed; Here's What She Wrote About Pakistan Trip (Photo on X@Rebel_Warriors)
New Delhi: National Investigation Agency (NIA), Intelligence Bureau (IB) and military intelligence officials are questioning YouTuber Jyoti Malhotra on charges of spying for Pakistan. The Haryana based content creator is known for making cross-border travel videos.
The You Tuber’s diary has now been revealed, which has scribed her travel experience in Pakistan. Describing her journey, Malhotra wrote she received a lot of love from the people of Pakistan. “Today, I have returned to my country, India, after a 10-day trip from Pakistan. During this time, I received a lot of love from the people of Pakistan. Our subscribers and friends also came to meet us. The two days we got to visit Lahore were not enough,” NDTV quoted the diary.
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In her diary, Malhotra was seen requesting Pakistani authorities to allow Indians to travel to the neighbouring country and meet their families from whom they were separated in 1947. She also urged authorities to protect temples in Pakistan in her diary.
The probe agencies are currently investigating the financial transactions and travel details of Malhotra. Police had earlier pointed out that the sources of income did not justify her foreign travels. The Youtuber’s laptop is also under forensic analysis, and the officials are also to question people who were in touch with the her.
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It is reported that Malhotra’s link to a Pakistani official posted to the Pakistan High Commission in Delhi surfaced during the investigation. She was allegedly in touch with Ehsan-ur-Rahum, alias Danish, who was expelled on May 13 for “engaging in activities incompatible with his privileged status by New Delhi on May 13 following the recent India-Pakistan tensions.”
Malhotra was arrested on espionage charges on May 16, and the FIR against her stated that she was a part of a larger network that is spread across Haryana and Punjab and includes informants, financial handlers and the likes. She was booked under Sections 3 and 5 of the Official Secrets Act, 1923, and Section 152 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).
Jyoti Malhotra was among 12 people who were arrested in Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh over the past two weeks on charges of espionage. The investigators have revealed an alleged Pakistan-linked spy network operating in northern India.