India, May 20 -- YouTuber Jyoti Malhotra's father, Harish Malhotra, has said he was completely unaware of her Pakistan trips. He added that Jyoti Malhotra would tell him she was going to Delhi, but never mentioned anything about visiting Pakistan.

Jyoti was arrested under the Official Secrets Act and relevant provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), with police claiming to have found "suspicious" content on Jyoti Malhotra's mobile phone and laptop.

The fresh statement on Monday comes a day after Harish Malhotra claimed that his daughter, who was arrested by Haryana Police on charges of spying, had made YouTube videos and had visited Pakistan. He demanded the return of the phones taken by the police.

He said police first came to...