A Mohali tribunal extended the constabulary remand of YouTuber Jasbir Singh by 2 days aft his three-day constabulary remand ended today.
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Jasbir, arrested connected espionage charges connected June 4, was produced successful tribunal contiguous day amidst choky information and media gaze.
Police sought seven-day remand, but aft listening to the arguments of some sides, the tribunal granted them 2 days.
According to police, Jasbir Singh, who operates a YouTube transmission called 'Jaan Mahal' with implicit 11 lakh subscribers, has visited Pakistan six times. He is allegedly associated with Pakistani quality operative (PIO) Shakir, alias Jutt Randhawa, arsenic a portion of a terror-backed espionage network.
The Rupnagar nonmigratory is accused of spying for ISI and sharing delicate accusation related to Indian Army with them.
The constabulary claimed that Jasbir attended the Pakistan National Day lawsuit successful Delhi connected the invitation of Danish — an expelled Pakistan High Commission authoritative — wherever helium met Pakistani service officials and vloggers. The accused had travelled to Pakistan connected 3 occasions (2020, 2021 and 2024) and came into nonstop interaction with ISI officers, who subsequently recruited him to transportation retired espionage activities.
A lawsuit was registered nether Sections 152 and 61(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and Sections 3, 4 and 5 of the Official Secrets Act astatine the State Special Operation Cell (SSOC) constabulary presumption successful Mohali connected June 3.
Jasbir is besides said to beryllium successful interaction with Haryana-based YouTuber Jyoti Malhotra, already arrested connected spying charges, and Ehsan-ur-Rahim, alias Danish.
Following Jyoti’s arrest, Jasbir allegedly erased each traces of his communications with the PIOs to debar detection, cops said.
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