At least 10 individuals, including a female vlogger, have been arrested across India on charges of espionage for Pakistan, according to Indian media reports.
The arrests were made in the states of Haryana, Punjab, and Uttar Pradesh.
Among those detained is 33-year-old travel vlogger Jyoti Malhotra from Hisar, Haryana, who runs the YouTube channel Travel with JO.
She had travelled to Pakistan in March this year. Police registered an FIR against her and presented her before a local court, which sent her to a five-day police remand. She has been booked under the Official Secrets Act.
Other individuals arrested include Davendra Singh Dhillon, 25, a political science student at Khalsa College in Patiala, accused of sharing sensitive information, including photographs of the Patiala military cantonment.
Nauman Ilahi, 24, a security guard from Panipat, Haryana, arrested a few days ago. Arman, 23, apprehended in Nuh, Haryana, on May 16 based on intelligence inputs.
Shahzad, a businessman from Rampur, Uttar Pradesh, arrested by the Special Task Force (STF) in Moradabad. Mohammad Murtaza Ali, detained during a police raid in Jalandhar, Punjab.
