How did Jyoti Malhotra become a Pakistani spy? The real mastermind is Danish, India has ordered him to leave the country
- bySherya
- 19 May, 2025

YouTuber Jyoti Malhotra has been arrested in Hisar, Haryana and Armaan in Nuh on charges of spying for Pakistan. Jyoti was in contact with the Pakistani intelligence agency. The police have taken Jyoti on remand for five days and Armaan for six days. The four spies arrested from Haryana can be interrogated by making them sit face to face.

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- Hisar's YouTuber Jyoti arrested on charges of spying for Pakistan
- Four arrests were made in Haryana in the last four days on charges of espionage
- Jyoti was in contact with Ahsan-ur-Rahim alias Danish of the Pakistani High Commission
Jagran Team, Hisar/Panipat. 33-year-old YouTuber Jyoti Malhotra has been arrested in Haryana's Hisar and 22-year-old Armaan has been arrested in Nuh on charges of spying for Pakistan.
Armaan was arrested by the police on Friday night and Jyoti (Who is YouTuber Jyoti Malhotra) was arrested on Saturday. Hisar court has sent Jyoti on police remand for five days and Nuh court has sent Armaan on police remand for six days.
4 arrests in last 4 days on charges of spying for Pakistan
Jyoti (Youtuber Jyoti Malhotra Channel) was in contact with Pakistani intelligence agency PIO (Pakistan Intelligence Operatives). Four arrests have been made in Haryana in the last four days on charges of spying for Pakistan.
Earlier, 24-year-old Noman Ilahi was arrested from Panipat on Wednesday, 25-year-old Devendra Singh Dhillon from Kaithal on Friday and 22-year-old Armaan was arrested from Nuh on the same Friday.
All four detectives will be questioned face to face
At the same time, the police have also taken a YouTuber from Rohtak under suspicion. This YouTuber had attended the party of the Pakistan High Commission along with Jyoti (Youtuber Jyoti Malhotra News). Jyoti and Arman were in contact with Ahsan-ur-Rahim alias Danish of the Pakistani High Commission.
This is the same Danish, who was ordered by the Indian government to leave the country on May 13 on charges of spying. The investigating agencies can now interrogate the four arrested spies by making them sit face to face.
This is how Jyoti met Danish
Jyoti (Youtuber Jyoti Malhotra Kaun Hai), a resident of New Agrasen Colony of Hisar, was detained by the CIA team of Hisar Police from her house late Thursday night. She was questioned on Friday and arrested on Saturday. She has created a YouTube channel named Travel with Joe. She got her passport made in 2018.
Jyoti with Danish during the party at Pakistan High Commission.
In 2023, she went to the Pakistan High Commission in Delhi to get a visa for Pakistan. She met Danish there. Jyoti had taken Danish's mobile number. Both of them started talking and a deep relationship developed. When she went to Pakistan, she met Ali Ahwaan on Danish's insistence. There, Ali made arrangements for her stay, accommodation and travelling.
Preparations were on to go to Pakistan for the fourth time
Jyoti (Youtuber Jyoti Blogger) told the police during interrogation that along with meeting the officials of Intelligence and Pakistan Security Agency, she was also made to meet Shakir and Rana Shahbaz. After exchanging mobile numbers, she came back to India.
She remained in touch with him through internet media. To avoid suspicion from family, friends and anyone else, she saved Shakir's number as Jat Randhawa. Shakir and many other Pakistani officials and people from the intelligence agency started giving information through her internet media account.
Jyoti had a deep connection with Danish. She had met him in Delhi this month. The situation was such that she was preparing to go to Pakistan for the fourth time. She had applied for a visa.