Arrested YouTuber Jyoti Malhotra in BJP, AAP election caps? Fake photos viral

Recently, Jyoti Malhotra, a YouTuber from Hisar, Haryana, was arrested by the NIA on charges of spying for Pakistan and sharing sensitive information. Meanwhile, two pictures of Malhotra wearing BJP and Aam Aadmi Party election caps and scarves are viral on social media. The pictures also have the logo of Aaj Tak news channel. Many users are sharing it on social media believing it to be true.

X user @Shizu____4evr shared a picture of Jyoti Malhotra wearing a cap and scarf with the BJP symbol and wrote, “Jyoti you are a traitor.. the BJP stands with you..” (Archived link)

Several ex-handles @kachaaalloo, @bamboo_cell, @SCR4India and Samajwadi Party national spokesperson IP Singh also shared this viral picture.

Sakshi Gupta, who claims to be the district president of AAP Mahila wing Delhi on X, also shared a picture of Jyoti Malhotra wearing a BJP cap, in response to which some users shared a picture of Jyoti Malhotra allegedly wearing an AAP cap and scarf.

X handles @arpit637163, @ChamkeeleChuze, and @Deepak25189 also shared another picture of Jyoti wearing an Aam Aadmi cap and scarf. 

Fact Check

Alt News scoured all social media platforms of Aaj Tak News to fact-check the viral images. We found news reports related to YouTuber Jyoti Malhotra’s arrest and alleged spying for Pakistan. But we did not find the viral images anywhere.

We compared the viral image with other pictures (templates) posted on Aaj Tak’s social media handle. We noticed a significant difference between them, in terms of layout and style.

Besides, the lighting seen in the viral photos seem unnatural, and the design of the cap and scarf worn by Jyoti Malhotra is different from that of the election caps and scarves used by the BJP and Aam Aadmi Party.

We uploaded the first viral photo on the AI ​​detector tool sightengine.com. According to the results obtained from this, there was a 99% chance of this photo being AI generated.

The AI ​​detector tool sightengine.com said that there was a 99% chance of the second photo being created with the help of AI as well.

To sum up, both the viral photos of YouTuber Jyoti Malhotra which are being shared on social media targeting the Aam Aadmi Party and the BJP are fake and AI generated. 

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