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Hindustan Times
6 days ago
- Politics
- Hindustan Times
Jyoti Malhotra row: Lawyer Kumar Mukesh to defend YouTuber in June 9 hearing
YouTuber Jyoti Malhotra, accused of spying against India, has got a lawyer. Lawyer Kumar Mukesh, who will plead Jyoti's case in Haryana's Hisar District Court. The lawyer presented his authorisation to represent the accused in the court. The first hearing of Jyoti's case will be held in the Hisar court on June 9. Mukesh said that Jyoti, who is in jail, has signed the Vakalatnama (lawyer's name), and they will begin with the bail process. According to the lawyer, a copy of the documents has not been received yet, and the situation will be clear after receiving the documents. He added that in two to three days, after studying the entire case, a bail petition will be filed. Kumar Mukesh was contacted by Jyoti's father, Harish Malhotra, to fight the case; at that time, the Vakalatnama could not be signed. The lawyer said that Jyoti has made videos for her YouTube channel at different places and has also gone abroad with a visa. On May 26, the court sent Jyoti to judicial custody for fourteen days. The YouTuber was arrested for allegedly sharing sensitive information and being in continuous contact with a Pakistani citizen. She allegedly met a Pakistani officer, Ahsan-ur-Rahim, in Delhi, travelled to Pakistan twice, and shared sensitive information. During the preliminary investigation, the woman told the police that she went to the Pakistan High Commission in Delhi in 2023 to apply for a visa and met a man named Ahsan-ur-Rahim, alias Danish. Following her arrest, Inspector General of Police (IGP) CID Crime Branch, Sarthak Sarangi, said that facts are being verified. "We have just received information that YouTuber Jyoti Malhotra visited Puri's Jagannath temple and posted a video regarding it on Instagram. She also visited Chilika and Konark. She was in touch with a YouTuber from Odisha. We are verifying all the facts. We are in touch with our counterparts in Haryana regarding Jyoti Malhotra," the police official said.
India Gazette
6 days ago
- Politics
- India Gazette
Lawyer Kumar Mukesh to represent YouTuber Jyoti Malhotra, hearing on June 9
Hisar (Haryana) [India], May 29 (ANI): YouTuber Jyoti Malhotra, accused of spying against India, has got a lawyer. Lawyer Kumar Mukesh, who will plead Jyoti's case in Haryana's Hisar District Court. The lawyer presented his authorisation to represent the accused in the court. The first hearing of Jyoti's case will be held in the Hisar court on June 9. Mukesh said that Jyoti, who is in jail, has signed the Vakalatnama (lawyer's name), and they will begin with the bail process. According to the lawyer, a copy of the documents has not been received yet, and the situation will be clear after receiving the documents. He added that in two to three days, after studying the entire case, a bail petition will be filed. Kumar Mukesh was contacted by Jyoti's father, Harish Malhotra, to fight the case; at that time, the Vakalatnama could not be signed. The lawyer said that Jyoti has made videos for her YouTube channel at different places and has also gone abroad with a visa. On May 26, the court sent Jyoti to judicial custody for fourteen days. The YouTuber was arrested for allegedly sharing sensitive information and being in continuous contact with a Pakistani citizen. She allegedly met a Pakistani officer, Ahsan-ur-Rahim, in Delhi, travelled to Pakistan twice, and shared sensitive information. During the preliminary investigation, the woman told the police that she went to the Pakistan High Commission in Delhi in 2023 to apply for a visa and met a man named Ahsan-ur-Rahim, alias Danish. Following her arrest, Inspector General of Police (IGP) CID Crime Branch, Sarthak Sarangi, said that facts are being verified. 'We have just received information that YouTuber Jyoti Malhotra visited Puri's Jagannath temple and posted a video regarding it on Instagram. She also visited Chilika and Konark. She was in touch with a YouTuber from Odisha. We are verifying all the facts. We are in touch with our counterparts in Haryana regarding Jyoti Malhotra,' the police official said. (ANI)
India Gazette
22-05-2025
- Politics
- India Gazette
Hisar District Court sends Youtuber Jyoti Malhotra to four days police remand
Hisar (Haryana) [India], May 22 (ANI): Haryana's Hisar District Court sent YouTuber Jyoti Malhotra to a four-day police remand on Thursday. The YouTuber was arrested for allegedly sharing sensitive information and being in continuous contact with a Pakistani citizen. Meanwhile, Inspector General of Police (IGP) CID Crime Branch, Sarthak Sarangi, said that facts are being verified. 'We have just received information that YouTuber Jyoti Malhotra visited Puri's Jagannath temple and posted a video regarding it on Instagram. She also visited Chilika and Konark. She was in touch with a YouTuber from Odisha. We are verifying all the facts. We are in touch with our counterparts in Haryana regarding Jyoti Malhotra,' the police official said. SP Agrawal said, 'Puri Police is investigating. We are in touch with Haryana and several state and central agencies.' According to Shashank Kumar Sawan, Superintendent of Police (SP) Hisar, Malhotra was being developed as an asset and had maintained ties with other YouTube influencers and Pakistani nationals Sawan stated, 'She was in touch with other YouTube influencers, and they were also in contact with the Pakistan Information Officers (PIOs). She used to go to Pakistan, like on sponsored trips. She was in Pakistan before the Pahalgam attack, and the investigation is ongoing to establish any possible linkages.' Jyoti Malhotra was interrogated for allegedly passing information to Pakistan. She allegedly met a Pakistani officer, Ahsan-ur-Rahim, in Delhi, travelled to Pakistan twice, and shared sensitive information. During the preliminary investigation, the woman told the police that she went to the Pakistan High Commission in Delhi in 2023 to apply for a visa and met a man named Ahsan-ur-Rahim, alias Danish. Haris Malhotra, father of the woman arrested by Haryana Police on charges of spying, has said that his daughter made YouTube videos and had visited Pakistan. He demanded the return of the phones taken by the police. (ANI)
NDTV
22-05-2025
- Politics
- NDTV
Jyoti Malhotra's Odisha Link: Cops Probe Puri-Based YouTuber, Guest House
Puri: Intensifying action on possible cross-border espionage links, police have started investigating Odisha YouTuber Priyanka Senapati's connection with travel vlogger Jyoti Malhotra arrested for "spying" for Pakistan. Ms Senapati's bank account and her contact with Ms Malhotra, who was arrested last week from Haryana, are being investigated. This comes days after she issued a clarification that the travel vlogger was her friend and they came into contact on YouTube. "I was completely unaware of the serious charges against her. Had I known she was spying for an enemy country, I would have never maintained any contact with her," she wrote. Police is also probing the communication between the two women, with all of Ms Senapati's social media accounts being investigated. She and her family have faced multiple rounds of questioning, where she was asked about her relationship with Ms Malhotra and the personal or local intelligence shared between the two. Priyanka's father Rajkishore Senapati told ANI that his daughter came into contact with Ms Malhotra through social media and helped her during the latter's visit to Puri around seven to eight months back in 2024. He said Ms Senapati had visited Kartarpur in Pakistan four months ago, a video of which was uploaded on March 25 on her YouTube channel 'Prii_vlogs' with the title "Odia Girl in Pakistan | Kartarpur Corridor Guide | Odia Vlog". She has 14,800 subscribers on the channel, which shows her travels within Odisha and to other parts of the country. Also under scrutiny is the Jagannath Bhakt Niwas guest house, where Ms Malhotra stayed during her visit to Puri in September last year. The property's manager said she arrived at the accommodation on September 21 with another woman and stayed for a day. "No one had come to meet her. She did not stay in the room for long, and would just come and go out after some time," the manager said. Puri Superintendent of Police Vinit Agrawal said a verification of all information, including financial transactions, is underway in the ongoing espionage investigation. Inspector General of Police (IGP) CID Crime Branch, Sarthak Sarangi, said that facts are being verified. "She (Ms Malhotra) also visited Chilika and Konark. She was in touch with a YouTuber from Odisha. We are verifying all the facts. We are in touch with our counterparts in Haryana regarding Jyoti Malhotra." Ms Malhotra was arrested for allegedly sharing sensitive information and being in continuous contact with a Pakistani citizen. She allegedly met a Pakistani officer Ahsan-ur-Rahim when she went to the Pakistan High Commission in Delhi in 2023 to apply for a visa, travelled to Pakistan twice, and shared sensitive information, according to police. Officials said that the woman also told during investigation that Ahsan-ur-Rahim arranged for her stay and travel and arranged meetings with Pakistani security and intelligence agencies. Ms Malhotra was among 12 people who were arrested from Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh over the past two weeks on charges of espionage, with investigators pointing at an alleged Pakistan-linked spy network operating in northern India. Her YouTube channel 'Travel With Jo', which has 3,94,000 subscribers, has videos of her visits to Pakistan from September 2022, April 2024 and March this year.
Time of India
20-05-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
Haryana: Kaithal student Devendra Singh arrested for allegedly sharing information with Pakistani intelligence operatives
A 25-year-old resident of Kaithal (Haryana), Devendra Singh, has been arrested for allegedly sharing sensitive information with Pakistintelligence operatives, Kaithal Superintendent of Police (SP), Astha Modi said on Monday. The accused is currently a first-year MA student at a college in Patiala. Kaithal SP Astha Modi further added that Devendra was in contact with four Pakistani intelligence operatives-three men and one woman. "He went to Pakistan in November last year and after that he was constantly in touch with them. He has admitted to making a video near the cantonment area in Patiala and sending it to them," said SP Modi. 5 5 Next Stay Playback speed 1x Normal Back 0.25x 0.5x 1x Normal 1.5x 2x 5 5 / Skip Ads by by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like The Average IQ Is 90. Check if Your Is Higher IQ International Undo Devendra is on a three-day police remand. Police have searched his house and seized two electronic devices. A cyber forensic lab has recovered about 300 GB of data from these devices, which is now being analysed. A forensic audit of his bank accounts is also underway. Live Events The police informed that further investigation into the case is ongoing. In a separate incident, following the arrest of YouTuber Jyoti Malhotra for allegedly sharing sensitive information and being in continuous contact with a Pakistani citizen, Odisha police is investigating her links with another YouTuber from the State. Inspector General of Police (IGP) CID Crime Branch, Sarthak Sarangi, said that facts are being verified. "We have just received information that YouTuber Jyoti Malhotra visited Puri's Jagannath temple and posted a video regarding it on Instagram. She also visited Chilika and Konark. She was in touch with a YouTuber from Odisha. We are verifying all the facts. We are in touch with our counterparts in Haryana regarding Jyoti Malhotra," the police official said. Jyoti Malhotra, a resident of Hisar, Haryana, was arrested for allegedly sharing sensitive information and being in continuous contact with a Pakistani citizen. Puri Superintendent of Police, Vinit Agrawal, said that they are in touch with the Haryana police over the matter. Earlier in Haryana, several individuals were arrested for alleged espionage activities in favour of Pakistan, according to Haryana Director General of Police (DGP) Shatrujeet Kapoor. He said the crackdown was the result of increased vigilance and surveillance across the state.
