YouTuber Jyoti Malhotra, who was arrested by Hisar police earlier this month for allegedly spying for Pakistan, has been sent to 14 days of judicial custody by a court in Haryana's Hisar on Monday.
Earlier, she was sent to police remand for 4 days.
Jyoti, 33, was among the 12 individuals arrested earlier this month from Punjab, Haryana, and Uttar Pradesh in connection with an alleged Pakistan-linked spy network operating in northern India.
She was initially sent to police remand for five days and again appeared before the court on May 22. The court granted an additional four-day custody for further interrogation, which ended on Monday.
According to Hisar police, while no evidence had surfaced indicating Jyoti had access to any sensitive military or defence-related information, she was reportedly in contact with individuals known to be Pakistani intelligence operatives.
Police sources also said that Jyoti had allegedly been in contact with Ehsan-ur-Rahim, also known as Danish, a former staffer at the Pakistani High Commission, since November 2023.
Danish was expelled from India on May 13 for allegedly engaging in espionage activities.
Sources said that she allegedly disclosed that she was in touch with Pakistani intelligence agents through encrypted messaging platforms such as WhatsApp, Snapchat, and Telegram.
Source: India Today