Encrypted Chats, Fake Names & Espionage: Fresh Trouble for Jyoti Malhotra
Fresh digital evidence links YouTuber Jyoti Malhotra to Pakistani agents via encrypted chats and fake aliases, prompting a possible NIA handover.
New Revelations in Jyoti Malhotra Espionage Case: Encrypted Chats, Fake Names & Pakistani Intelligence Links Exposed
New developments have emerged in the high-profile espionage case concerning YouTuber Jyoti Malhotra, who is reportedly in police custody. As per a multi-agency investigation, Malhotra is said to have maintained clandestine communications with Pakistani agents using encrypted apps and by masking her identity. With these developments, it is expected that her case will soon be handed over to the National Investigation Agency (NIA), which has already been involved in the investigation.
As told to CNN-News18 by investigators, Malhotra’s public social media profile served as a cover. Behind her public persona, Malhotra had multiple digital devices and used apps like Snapchat, Telegram, and WhatsApp to communicate in secret with intelligence operators across the border. These highly encrypted apps allowed her to evade the ordinary surveillance and detection.
The Haryana Police, working with the intelligence agencies, have stated that Malhotra had developed an innovative approach of saving contact numbers under assumed names to thwart suspicion. A remarkable case was her keeping a contact number of a Pakistani agent Shakir under the name of “Jat Randhawa.” Other assumed names included Ali Ahwan and Rana Shahbaz-these persons were reported to have assisted her in logistics and security during her visits to Pakistan.
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Malhotra’s links are said to have come to light after her first visit to Pakistan in 2023. She was introduced to a staff member of the Pakistani embassy named Danish (real name Ehsan-ur-Rahim) through Harkirat Singh, a worker in the Haryana Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (SGMC). Singh is alleged to have arranged her visa on two occasions and sent her with a religious jatha,-a group of Sikh pilgrims-so as to permit her to travel unnoticed. His own digital apparatus has been seized and is being subjected to forensic examination.
Malhotra has been investigated for her connection to a wider operation apparently called “Operation Sindoor,” where it is presumed that Pakistan activated many sleeper assets across India to gather intelligence information concerning troop movement and air force deployment. Two persons from Gurdaspur, a town in Punjab, have already been arrested for these offenses. The authorities have reason to believe that Malhotra participated in this propaganda and intelligence-gathering endeavor through her content on behalf of Pakistan.
Malhotra does not appear to be repentant for the serious charges of accusations against her, which further leads investigators to believe she could be involved in enemy propaganda and espionage. Investigators informed that she continues to support the controversial videos she has posted, claiming it to be due to the freedom of speech.
Meanwhile, her father Harish Malhotra seems to have shifted his stands. After initially defending her trips, he has allegedly claimed that he did not know about her visits to Pakistan. “She always said she was going to Delhi,” he added, showing bewilderment and detachment from the controversy. His statements suggest that Malhotra kept her family in the dark regarding her activities.
It appears that the case against Jyoti Malhotra is tightening with the advancement of investigations and available evidence from the digital world. Due to the involvement of several agencies and a national security threat, her case is likely to be handed over to the NIA.
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