Haryanvi singer and YouTuber Ankit Balyan was shot dead by unidentified assailants outside a gym in Uttar Pradesh’s Shamli district on Wednesday evening, police said.
“ The law and order situation in Uttar Pradesh has been rendered null and void in the manner in which popular singer Ankit Baliyan was mercilessly murdered by firing 18 rounds at him in Shamli, spreading fear across the entire region. Balyan had more than 3.66 lakh subscribers on YouTube. The incident occurred in the Kotwali police station area as Balyan was leaving the gym. He died at the spot. “Several teams have been formed to establish the motive behind Ankit Balyan’s murder and arrest the accused. The news of the grieving mother of the deceased, cradling her son’s body in her lap and mourning on the street itself, is heart-wrenching. The Jat community has raised its demand for the arrest of the attackers right on the streets. The entire Jat community of UP considers this an attack on itself and is furious. There is a growing demand for the investigation of this murder case to also be conducted from the perspective of political rivalry. Utterly condemnable,” he wrote on X. He appeared in his videos as a singer and performer, working with different collaborators.
Police said the attackers arrived on two motorcycles and fired several rounds at Balyan. All possible angles are being investigated,” said SP (Shamli) NP Singh. Police are also examining CCTV footage from the area in an effort to identify those involved in the attack, officials said.
