Jyoti spoke to 4 ISI agents; Police sift through 12 TB of recovered evidence

Hisar YouTuber Jyoti Malhotra arrested for alleged ISI espionage. 12TB data recovered, links to Pak agents found. Case filed under Official Secrets Act.

Hisar: Investigation has intensified into allegations of espionage against 33-year-old YouTuber Jyoti Malhotra of Haryana, reports Dynamite News correspondent. Hisar police have recovered 12 terabytes (TB) of data from her electronic devices, which has found evidence of her conversation with four agents of Pakistani intelligence agency ISI.

According to the police, Jyoti knew that the Pakistani officials she was in contact with worked for ISI, yet she maintained constant contact with them. According to the police investigation, Jyoti had one-on-one conversations with four Pakistani agents, including names like Ehsan-ur-Rahim alias Danish, Ali Hasan, Shakir, and Rana Shahbaz.

She met Danish at the Pakistan High Commission in Delhi. Now the investigating agencies are confirming the role of these agents in Pakistani security agencies. The police have seized three mobile phones, a laptop, and other electronic devices from Jyoti, from which 12 terabytes of data have been recovered.

This includes conversations on encrypted platforms like WhatsApp, Snapchat, and Telegram. The investigation revealed that Jyoti used these platforms to send messages in codewords so that her activities could remain hidden from Indian authorities.

Several deleted messages and files were also recovered from Jyoti's devices. Based on this, the police have registered a case against her under the Official Secrets Act and relevant sections of the Indian Justice Code.

Police say that more charges can be filed after analyzing the data. Jyoti's foreign trips and spending far more than her income also came to the notice of the police.

She has also traveled to Pakistan and China and attended several high-profile events in Pakistan. The police are now planning to seek the help of central agencies to investigate her funding and the source of money.

Another important case came to light when Scottish YouTuber Calum Mill posted a video of meeting Jyoti in Lahore's Anarkali market during his visit to Pakistan. In the video, Jyoti was seen with six armed guards whose jackets had "No Fear" written on them. In the video, Jyoti praised Pakistan's hospitality to Calum.

Now the biggest question that is arising is who gave VIP security to Jyoti in Pakistan. Since the security guards were not in uniform, the police suspect that they could be employees of security agencies in plain clothes.

Jyoti Malhotra was arrested on May 15. Her YouTube channel has more than 400,000 subscribers, and she describes herself as a travel vlogger.