Overview

• Hisar Police’s Special Investigation Team filed the chargesheet on August 16 under the Official Secrets Act and Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita accusing Malhotra of sustained espionage.
• Investigators seized over 10 terabytes of data and cite encrypted chats with Pakistani High Commission officer Ehsan-ur-Rahim alias Danish and ISI operatives Shakir, Hasan Ali and Nasir Dhillon.
• The chargesheet alleges Malhotra was cultivated as an intelligence asset after her travels to Pakistan and Bali, where she maintained regular contact with handlers.
• She has been in judicial custody since her May 16 arrest and her counsel, Kumar Mukesh, will formally respond after reviewing the voluminous filing.
• The August 18 Hisar court hearing will test the prosecution’s digital forensic evidence and espionage allegations.