Singh was allegedly in close touch with Malhotra who ran a YouTube channel ‘Travel with JO’. She was arrested last month by the Haryana police and is presently in custody on charges of spying for Pakistan. After Singh’s arrest, police had claimed that it unearthed a “terror-backed espionage network” linking him to Pakistani intelligence and army officials.On May 13, India had expelled Ehsan-ur-Rahim alias Danish, who was posted at the Pakistan High Commission, for allegedly indulging in espionage. Malhotra was allegedly in touch with Danish since November 2023.Singh alias Jaan Mahal, a resident of Mahlan village in Rupnagar district, was running a YouTube channel “JaanMahal Video” with over 11 lakh subscribers, ostensibly posting travel and cooking vlogs.Police are also investigating Singh’s financial background. Before he became a YouTuber, he was employed as a cook in a European country. But now he is building a house in his village and had showcased the construction in online videos, raising questions about his sources of income.Police had earlier claimed that Singh travelled to Pakistan on three occasions in 2020, 2021 and 2024 and came in direct contact with ISI officers who subsequently cultivated and recruited him to carry out espionage activities within India.
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