The police have said that Pakistani handlers were developing YouTuber Jyoti Malhotra as an asset.
Earlier this month, the police arrested travel vlogger Jyoti on the charges of spying for Pakistan. She is among 12 persons who have been arrested espionage charges across Punjab, Haryana, and Uttar Pradesh in the aftermath of the Pahalgam attack.
In the latest development, the police have found a diary at her house in which some intimate entries have been found, according to News 18 India.Jyoti runs a YouTube channel named ‘Travel with JO’ and has hundreds of thousands of followers. Her visits to Pakistan, Bangladesh, and China, and her alleged ties to Pakistani and Chinese officials are under the scanner.
Jyoti Malhotra’s diary entry under scanner
The police have found a diary at Jyoti’s home in which an entry mentions a number of medicines and says “love you” while mentioning one Savita
The report said that it is being explored whether the medicines or other things listed in the entry are codewords.
“Tell Savita to bring fruits. Take care of home. I will be back soon,” the diary entry read.
Pakistani handlers were developing Jyoti Malhotra as asset: Police
Shashank Kumar Sawan, the SP of Haryana’s Hisar, has said that Pakistani intelligence operatives were developing Jyoti as an asset.
“They were developing her as an asset. She was in touch with other YouTube influencers and they were also in touch with the PIOs [Pakistani intelligence operatives]…She used to go to Pakistan, like on sponsored trips…She was in Pakistan before the Pahalgam attack and the investigation is on to establish linkages if there are any. We are also investigating as we have leads that other people were also involved with her,” said Sawan
