Haryana YouTuber Jyoti Malhotra was arrested on May 16 on charges of spying for Pakistan. She is currently in police remand. After the Pahalgam terror attack, in a video she was advising the people killed to be watchful. When asked about this, she said that it was the fault of the tourists there.

At least 12 people, including a YouTuber, have been arrested in the last two weeks on charges of spying for Pakistan. Investigation has revealed that all of them were part of a spying network linked to the neighbouring country active in North India. Of these, 6 have been arrested from Punjab and four from Haryana. This also includes the name of Haryana's YouTuber Jyoti Malhotra, who has been sent on five-day police remand on Saturday.

During police remand, when Jyoti Malhotra was questioned about the videos praising Pakistanis, she said that making such videos is her fundamental right of expression of speech. She said that she was putting forth her views in front of her followers through the video. She was advising the people killed in the Pahalgam terrorist attack to be watchful.

'Pahalgam incident is government's fault'

On the video after the Pahalgam attack, Jyoti Malhotra says that whatever happened is our (tourists) fault. Whenever we go somewhere to visit, we should be alert and watchful. At the same time, she is blaming her government for the Pahalgam incident and saying that there were no proper security arrangements in Pahalgam.

On May 16, Haryana Police arrested Hisar YouTuber Jyoti Malhotra for allegedly passing on sensitive information to Pakistan's intelligence agency. Police said Malhotra runs a YouTube channel named 'Travel with Joe'. She has 3.77 lakh subscribers on her YouTube channel. A case has been registered against Malhotra under sections of the Official Secrets Act and BNS.

Was in contact with PAK even during Operation Sindoor

According to the FIR lodged at the Civil Lines police station in Hisar, Jyoti came in contact with Danish at the Pakistan High Commission in 2023, where she had gone to obtain a visa to visit the neighbouring country. Hisar Superintendent of Police Shashank Kumar Sawan had said on Sunday that Jyoti was allegedly in touch with Danish during the four-day military conflict between India and Pakistan after 'Operation Sindoor' and the Pakistani intelligence agency was grooming Malhotra as 'its contact'.