YouTuber Jyoti Malhotra Spied For Pakistan, Cops Find Concrete Evidence: Report

Concrete evidence against YouTuber Jyoti Malhotra has been found that she was spying for Pakistan, according to a report, which cited a 2,500-page chargesheet against the woman arrested in May 2025 on charges of espionage.

Found Concrete Evidence That Jyoti Malhotra Spied For Pak: Sources

Malhotra, a travel vlogger who ran her channel on YouTube – Travel With Jo – was arrested in Haryana's Hisar on May 16, days after Operation Sindoor, as part of a larger espionage chain in the country.

The cops had then said that she had travelled to Pakistan multiple times and was in constant touch with Ehsan-ur-Rahim alias Danish at the Pakistan High Commission. Danish was declared persona non grata after the Pahalgam terror attack and was asked by the Government of India to leave within 24 hours for leaking sensitive information to Pakistan on the movements of the Indian Army after the April 22 attack.

YouTuber Jyoti Malhotra Spied For Pakistan, Cops Find Concrete Evidence: Report

What Does the Chargesheet Against Jyoti Malhotra Say?

The Hisar Police said in the chargesheet that the YouTuber had been spying for Pakistan for a long time. The chargesheet mentioned her links to Danish and establishes her connections with ISI agents – Shakir, Hasan Ali, and Nasir Dhillon, NDTV reported.

Malhotra went to Pakistan on April 17, 2024, and came back to India on May 15, according to the chargesheet.

“During the investigation, we have found concrete evidence that the YouTuber was spying for Pakistan," the report said, citing a source.

She went to Pakistan via the Kartarpur Corridor and met chief minister of Pakistan's Punjab province and former prime minister Nawaz Sharif's daughter, Maryam Nawaz, and interviewed her, the source added.

A Haryana officer earlier said that she was suspected of being in contact with an official from the Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi during the four-day clash between India and Pakistan after the Pahalgam terror attack. However, he also mentioned that she did not have direct access to any details about military operations.