A Kolkata-based social media influencer, currently under scrutiny, has disclosed his interactions with YouTuber Jyoti Malhotra, arrested for alleged espionage for Pakistan's ISI. He met Malhotra during her Kolkata visit in February, following an initial encounter at the Ram Temple inauguration in Ayodhya.
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