<p>Chandigarh: A Haryana-based YouTuber has been arrested on the charge of passing on sensitive information to Pakistani intelligence operatives, police said on Saturday.</p><p>Jyoti Malhotra, who runs a YouTube channel, Travel with JO, and hails from Hisar in Haryana, was arrested from New Aggarsain Extension, they said.</p><p>She has been booked under the relevant sections of the Official Secrets Act and the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, said police.</p><p>She was sent to a five-day police remand after being produced before the court.</p>.Case registered after man spots banner of Pakistan flag on road in Karnataka's Kundapur.<p>Jyoti, whose YouTube channel has 3.77 lakh subscribers, allegedly was in contact with a Pakistani staffer working at the Pakistan High Commission in Delhi. On May 13, India had <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/india/modi-govt-asks-pakistani-high-commission-official-to-leave-india-within-24-hrs-for-activities-not-in-keeping-with-official-status-3538894">expelled that Pakistani official</a> for allegedly indulging in espionage.</p><p>Earlier, two persons, including a woman, were arrested from Malerkotla by Punjab police for their alleged involvement in espionage activities linked to the Pakistani official posted at the High Commission.</p><p>In 2023, Jyoti came in contact with Ehsan-ur-Rahim alias Danish at the Pakistan High Commission where she went to seek a visa to visit the neighbouring nation, according to an FIR lodged at Civil Lines Police Station on May 16.</p>.After China, Russia joins US in nudging India to restart stalled dialogue with Pakistan.<p>Jyoti, who visited Pakistan twice, had met Danish's acquaintance Ali Ahwan who arranged her stay there, the FIR read.</p><p>Ahwan arranged Jyoti's meeting with Pakistani Security and Intelligence officials and met Shakir and Rana Shahbaz. She saved Shahbaz's mobile number as 'Jatt Randhawa' to avoid any suspicion.</p><p>She was in contact with these persons through WhatsApp, Telegram and Snapchat, and passed on sensitive information to them, according to the FIR.</p><p>She met Danish several times at the Pakistan High Commission in Delhi and was found to be in touch with Pakistani Intelligence Operatives, it said.</p><p>Jyoti's arrest came a day after a 25-year-old post-graduation student, allegedly having links with Pakistani intelligence operatives, was arrested from Kaithal.</p><p>The accused, Devender Singh, from Kaithal district's Guhla area, was arrested after an FIR was registered against him on Sunday for uploading photos on social media with weapons, police said.</p><p>A few days ago, a 24-year-old youth, Nauman Ilahi, was arrested in Panipat district for allegedly supplying sensitive information to some individuals in Pakistan.</p>
<p>Chandigarh: A Haryana-based YouTuber has been arrested on the charge of passing on sensitive information to Pakistani intelligence operatives, police said on Saturday.</p><p>Jyoti Malhotra, who runs a YouTube channel, Travel with JO, and hails from Hisar in Haryana, was arrested from New Aggarsain Extension, they said.</p><p>She has been booked under the relevant sections of the Official Secrets Act and the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, said police.</p><p>She was sent to a five-day police remand after being produced before the court.</p>.Case registered after man spots banner of Pakistan flag on road in Karnataka's Kundapur.<p>Jyoti, whose YouTube channel has 3.77 lakh subscribers, allegedly was in contact with a Pakistani staffer working at the Pakistan High Commission in Delhi. On May 13, India had <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/india/modi-govt-asks-pakistani-high-commission-official-to-leave-india-within-24-hrs-for-activities-not-in-keeping-with-official-status-3538894">expelled that Pakistani official</a> for allegedly indulging in espionage.</p><p>Earlier, two persons, including a woman, were arrested from Malerkotla by Punjab police for their alleged involvement in espionage activities linked to the Pakistani official posted at the High Commission.</p><p>In 2023, Jyoti came in contact with Ehsan-ur-Rahim alias Danish at the Pakistan High Commission where she went to seek a visa to visit the neighbouring nation, according to an FIR lodged at Civil Lines Police Station on May 16.</p>.After China, Russia joins US in nudging India to restart stalled dialogue with Pakistan.<p>Jyoti, who visited Pakistan twice, had met Danish's acquaintance Ali Ahwan who arranged her stay there, the FIR read.</p><p>Ahwan arranged Jyoti's meeting with Pakistani Security and Intelligence officials and met Shakir and Rana Shahbaz. She saved Shahbaz's mobile number as 'Jatt Randhawa' to avoid any suspicion.</p><p>She was in contact with these persons through WhatsApp, Telegram and Snapchat, and passed on sensitive information to them, according to the FIR.</p><p>She met Danish several times at the Pakistan High Commission in Delhi and was found to be in touch with Pakistani Intelligence Operatives, it said.</p><p>Jyoti's arrest came a day after a 25-year-old post-graduation student, allegedly having links with Pakistani intelligence operatives, was arrested from Kaithal.</p><p>The accused, Devender Singh, from Kaithal district's Guhla area, was arrested after an FIR was registered against him on Sunday for uploading photos on social media with weapons, police said.</p><p>A few days ago, a 24-year-old youth, Nauman Ilahi, was arrested in Panipat district for allegedly supplying sensitive information to some individuals in Pakistan.</p>