YouTuber Jyoti Malhotra had visited Pakistan before Pahalgam terrorist attack!
Published By : Prashant Dash
| May 19, 2025 9:52 AM
Haryana, May 19: Haryana-based YouTuber Jyoti Malhotra, who is currently under police custody on espionage charges, had gone to Pakistan before the Pahalgam terrorist attack, in which 26 visitors including a Nepalese national were killed by terrorists.
Hisar SP Shashank Kumar Sawan said in a media briefing on Sunday that Jyoti used to visit Kartarpur in Pakistan on sponsored trips by the Pakistani intelligence.
Jyoti had close ties with Danish, a Pakistani High Commission official posted in Delhi who was expelled from India after the Pahalgam issue.
Jyoti’s alliance with Danish and her Pakistan tour was revealed from a video uploaded on her YouTube channel ‘Travel with JO’, and her confession during interrogation.
The SP also said that Malhotra was arrested on the basis of inputs received from Central agencies. She was in contact with the Pak spy agency ISI. “Police are looking into her bank accounts, mobile and laptop.
According to the primary scan of her bank details,Jyoti’s expenses were much more than her income.
Meanwhile, after finding Malhotra’s connection to Odisha-based YouTuber Priyanka Senapati, police went to Senapati’s house and questioned her.
Malhotra visited Puri to meet Senapati in September 2024. According to Senapati’s father, his daughter had become Malhotra’s friend through YouTube.
She remained in Pakistan till May 15, 2024. After that, she returned to India.
Apart from it, Jyoti had visited Pakistan once again before the Pahalgam massacre, sources said.
