Rohtak, Aug. 5 -- Jailed Hisar-based YouTuber Jyoti Malhotra's father, Harish Malhotra, on Monday wrote to President Droupadi Murmu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home minister Amit Shah, Haryana chief minister Nayab Singh Saini and state governor Ashim Kumar Ghosh and urged them to drop the Official Secrets Act against his daughter, who was arrested on espionage charges on May 16.

In the letter, Jyoti's father alleged that the Hisar police picked up his daughter and asked her to sign a blank page and they wrote "fake statement" on her behalf.

"I can assure you that my daughter will never go to Pakistan and request you to cancel the FIR. The police did not get any evidence to prove that my daughter had shared some sensitive information ...