{"id":299398,"date":"2025-05-24T19:52:48","date_gmt":"2025-05-24T14:22:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=299398"},"modified":"2025-05-24T19:52:48","modified_gmt":"2025-05-24T14:22:48","slug":"fact-check-pm-modi-viral-photo-with-jyoti-malhotra-false","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/fact-check-pm-modi-viral-photo-with-jyoti-malhotra-false\/","title":{"rendered":"Arrested &#8216;spy&#8217; Jyoti Malhotra with PM Modi? Photo viral with false claims"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A photo is viral on social media where a group of young men and a woman are seen with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. It is being shared with the claim that the woman in the image is YouTuber Jyoti Malhotra, who was arrested for allegedly spying for Pakistan. The face of the woman is circled in red in the vial photo. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Facebook user Jamshed Khan shared the picture and wrote, &#8220;Spy Jyoti Malhotra is a seasoned player.&#8221; (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/wip\/ytp0f\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Archived link<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/hindi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/sites\/2\/2025\/05\/2025-05-22-12_50_25-%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%B8-%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BF-%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE-%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%80-%E0%A4%96%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%BC%E0%A5%80-%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%88-%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%A6-%E0%A4%96%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%81%E0%A4%A8-%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE-_-Facebook-Brave-1024x764.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">X User Anamika also shared the image and wrote, &#8220;What is this sister to terrorists doing with the leader of blind bhakts?&#8221; (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/fFKkF\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Archived link<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/hindi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/sites\/2\/2025\/05\/2025-05-22-12_53_50-1-AnuRaga_%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE-Raga.My-family-on-X_-_%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%87-%E0%A4%86%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%82-%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%80-%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%A8-%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A7%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%82-%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%87--1024x1013.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Many other users also shared this picture with the same claims. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/story.php?story_fbid=1114161500756266&amp;id=100064872796283&amp;rdid=o2RlBCVKuUSmbVbZ\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Link 1<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NaveenM96466923\/status\/1925022719940202906\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Link 2<\/span><\/a><span 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style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif\"><strong>ALSO READ:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/fact-check-rahul-gandhi-viral-photo-with-youtuber-jyoti-malhotra-false-claim\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Viral photos of Rahul Gandhi with Jyoti Malhotra are morphed<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b>Fact Check<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We performed a reverse image search of this picture, and found multiple other versions where it is mentioned that PM Modi had an interaction with online gaming influencers. All of these posts are from last year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/hindi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/sites\/2\/2025\/05\/2025-05-22-13_03_54--1024x856.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">On April 13, 2024, a video of the PM&#8217;s meeting with gamers was shared on the official YouTube channel of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The description of the video also mentions the name of the gamer as Payal Dhare and tags her YouTube channel. <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/moctlwNBS4Y?t=1896\">At the 31:36 mark<\/a> in the video, a frame that looks similar to the viral picture is seen.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/hindi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/sites\/2\/2025\/05\/2025-05-22-13_16_53-227-Indias-top-gamers-meet-PM-Modi-_-Game-On-ft.-NaMo-YouTube-Brave-1024x552.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Alt News noticed that Payal Dhare had also posted a video of her meeting with PM Modi on April 13, 2024 on her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qkefd0xRdE8\">YouTube channel<\/a>. According to a report by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news18.com\/india\/who-is-payal-dhare-top-female-award-winning-indian-gamer-who-met-pm-modi-8850463.html\">News18<\/a>, she hails from the Umranala village in Chhindwara, Madhya Pradesh and is an award-winning gamer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Apart from this, we could not find any news reports to corroborate any meeting between Jyoti Malhotra and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. We took a screenshot from Malhotra&#8217;s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/8nSzZXTpjxU?t=541\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">YouTube channel<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and compared it with this image of Payal Dhare. The two are clearly not the same.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/hindi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/sites\/2\/2025\/05\/2025-05-22-17_42_21-Jyoti-Malhotra-Payal-Dhare-1200-%C3%97-600px-Brave-1024x651.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To sum it up, the viral image is of gamer Payal Dhare and not of Jyoti Malhotra, but it is being used to claim that Malhotra met the Prime Minister Modi.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>ALSO READ:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/hindi\/fact-check-morphed-image-of-akhilesh-yadav-with-jyoti-malhotra-viral-with-misleading-claims\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Viral image of Akhilesh Yadav with Jyoti Malhotra, arrested on charges of &#8216;spying&#8217;, is fake<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A photo is viral on social media where a group of young men and a woman are seen with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. 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