YouTuber Jyoti Malhotra has confessed to being in regular contact with a staff member of the Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi, officers verified on Tuesday. According to Hisar Police prophet Vikas Kumar, Malhotra admitted during interrogation that she had been in touch with Ehsan- ur- Rahim, alias Danish, a Pakistani public and sanctioned. Authorities believe that Danish was laboriously working to develop Malhotra as an intelligence asset.
” She confessed to her direct communication with Danish during this period,” Kumar stated.” She was also in contact with several other YouTube influencers. Her three mobile phones and laptop, along with two phones belonging to Harkirat Singh, the IT in- charge of the Haryana Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee( HSGMC), have been transferred for forensic examination.” Sources revealed that Jyoti Malhotra was questioned considerably by officers from the National Investigation Agency( NIA) and the Intelligence Bureau( IB) regarding her suspected links to Pakistani Intelligence Operatives( PIOs). Her connections and dispatches are now at the center of a broader disquisition. A elderly Hisar police functionary, speaking on condition of obscurity, said, “ She has multiple bank accounts, and there have been multitudinous deals. assaying the fiscal data will take time. ” Investigators are also checking Malhotra’s transnational trip history. Records show she attained her passport in 2018, valid until 2028, and has traveled to several countries including Pakistan, China, Dubai, Thailand, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, and Indonesia. Police are preparing to present Malhotra before a original court on Wednesday, where they will seek an extension of her remand for continued interrogation. Jyoti was among 12 people who were arrested from Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh over the once two weeks on charges of spying, with investigators pointing at an alleged Pakistan- linked asset network operating in north India.
