Arrested 'Spy' YouTuber Jyoti Malhotra’s Travel Was Sponsored By UAE Firm Operating In Pak: Report

Among several sponsorships received by Haryana-based YouTuber Jyoti Malhotra for her travel vlogs, the one of particular interest to the probe body is one that she received from a UAE-based travel company, reports India Today, quoting sources. According to the report, multiple videos of Jyoti have been sponsored by the firm Wego, which also has a licence to operate in Pakistan. Malhotra has been arrested by police for allegedly spying for Pakistan and is in the custody of Haryana Police presently.

The police sources said that the sponsors were being analysed, reports India Today, quoting sources. Jyoti runs a YouTube channel called 'Travel with Jo', has around 4 lakh subscribers on the platform. She also has 132,000 followers on Instagram.

Wego operates in Pakistan with a valid travel agency license. It also has offices in Singapore and Dubai. It is also accredited by the International Air Transport Association (IATA).

Haryana Court Extends Custody Of Malhotra

A court in Hisar extended the police remand of content creator and social media influencer Jyoti Malhotra by four days, reports PTI quoting a police spokesperson.

The 33-year-old YouTuber – arrested on suspicion of espionage – was produced before the court at the end of her five-day police remand. Malhotra was among the 12 people arrested from Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh over the past two weeks on suspicion of espionage, with investigators suspecting the presence of a Pakistan-linked spy network operating in north India. She was arrested at the New Aggarsain Extension last week and booked under provisions of the Official Secrets Act and the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.

Hisar police said on Wednesday that no evidence had emerged to indicate Malhotra had access to any military- or defence-related information. But she was definitely in contact with some people, knowing that they were Pakistani intelligence operatives, they had said.

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