Cybersecurity and Information Warfare

SIT files 2,500-page chargesheet against Jyoti Malhotra for espionage

Following a three-month investigation, Haryana Police’s Special Investigation Team has filed a 2,500-page chargesheet in a Hisar court against YouTuber Jyoti Malhotra on charges of espionage for Pakistan. Malhotra, who ran the channel “Travel with Jo” and was arrested in mid-May 2025, faces allegations of sharing sensitive information with Pakistani intelligence operatives, including those from the ISI, and maintaining close contact with Ehsan-ur-Rahim (alias Danish), a staffer at the Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi who was expelled on May 13, 2025. Digital forensic analysis uncovered extensive communications with multiple ISI-linked handlers, and Malhotra is said to have travelled to Pakistan twice in 2023 and also to China and Nepal, allegedly as part of her intelligence activities. The chargesheet asserts she attempted to build a pro-Pakistan narrative on social media and was in an intimate relationship with one of the operatives, even traveling abroad with him. Malhotra has been charged under the Official Secrets Act and Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, while her legal defense has indicated plans to contest the charges in court at the next hearing.

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