Overview

• The 2,500-page dossier, submitted on August 16, invokes Sections 3 and 5 of the Official Secrets Act and Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita provisions with a Hisar court review set for August 18.
• Investigators allege Malhotra sustained contacts with Pakistani intelligence, including High Commission staffer Ehsan-ur-Rahim and ISI operatives Shakir, Hasan Ali, Nasir Dhillon.
• Authorities say device forensics, travel logs, financial records and intercepted messages underpin the charges while noting no public proof she accessed classified military or defence information.
• Defence counsel Kumar Mukesh is reviewing the voluminous indictment ahead of a bail hearing at the next court appearance.
• The case is part of a broader multi-agency probe into networks accused of recruiting Indian social media influencers for espionage and narrative operations.