New Delhi/IBNS, May 20 -- Travel vlogger Jyoti Malhotra, who was arrested last week on charges of espionage, came in touch with Pakistani information officers and was being developed as an asset, media reports quoting police said.

Popularly known by her YouTube channel "Travel with Jo", which boasts nearly 4 lakh subscribers, Jyoti Malhotra has now emerged as a key figure in an ongoing investigation into a suspected Pakistani espionage network spanning across northern India.

As per Hisar's Superintendent of Police Shashank Kumar Sawan, Jyoti Malhotra did not have direct access to any information related to the military or defence operations that she could have shared, but she was in touch with Pakistani officials.

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