Chandigarh, May 18: Pakistani intelligence operatives were developing Haryana YouTuber Jyoti Malhotra, who was arrested on espionage charges, as an asset, said a senior Haryana police officer on Sunday.
She was in touch with a Pakistani officer posted at the Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi during the four-day military conflict between India and Pakistan that followed the April 22 terror attack in Pahalgam, the officer said addressing mediapersons in Hisar, Haryana.
Hisar Superintendent of Police Shashank Kumar Sawan said Malhotra did not have any direct access to any information related to the military or defence operations which could be said at this stage that she could have shared. But she was directly in touch with PIOs, he said.
“Certainly, they were developing her as an asset. She was in touch with other YouTube influencers. They were also in touch with PIOs,” the SP said.
“This is also (a kind of) warfare, in which they try to push their narrative by recruiting influencers, he said.
Hisar-based Malhotra (33), who runs a YouTube channel, Travel with JO, was arrested from New Aggarsain Extension on Friday, they said.
She has been booked under relevant sections of the Official Secrets Act and the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, police said.
She was sent to a five-day police remand after being produced before the court on Saturday. (PTI)
Police: Haryana YouTuber was being developed as asset by Pakistani intelligence operatives
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