Archive · 5 Sep 2026
Police Intensify Hunt for Two Accused in Ankit Murder
Ankit Balyan was a singer and YouTuber who was killed outside a gym in Shamli.
Police say four attackers on two motorcycles shot him on August 26.
Two suspected attackers were later killed in a police encounter.
Two other suspects, named Satyam and Aryan, are still missing.
Police are searching different places for them.
The reward for information leading to their arrest has been increased to Rs 1 lakh each.
Investigators believe the killing may have been planned in advance.
They are also checking whether a network linked to the Gogi gang was involved.
Shamli police doubled the reward for information leading to the arrest of Satyam and Aryan to Rs 1 lakh each.
The two Haryana-based suspects remain absconding, while police teams are conducting raids at suspected hideouts.
Singer and YouTuber Ankit Balyan, 32, was shot dead outside a Shamli gym on August 26.
Two other suspected shooters, Mohit and Sumit, were killed in a police encounter on August 31.
Investigators are probing a suspected pre-planned conspiracy and possible links to the Gogi gang network.
- Who
- Haryanvi singer and YouTuber Ankit Balyan was killed; police are seeking alleged shooters Satyam and Aryan.
- What
- Police have intensified the search for two remaining accused in Balyan’s murder and doubled the arrest-information reward.
- When
- Balyan was killed on August 26; two other suspected shooters were killed in an encounter on August 31; the reward increase was announced on Friday.
- Where
- The murder occurred outside a gym in Shamli; police are conducting raids in Uttar Pradesh and other states.
- Why
- Police are trying to arrest the remaining suspects and investigate the alleged pre-planned conspiracy and possible Gogi gang links.
- Victim
- Ankit Balyan, a 32-year-old Haryanvi singer and YouTuber
- Murder date
- August 26
- Location
- Outside a gym in Shamli
- Remaining accused
- Satyam and Aryan, both from Haryana
- Reward
- Rs 1 lakh each for information leading to their arrest
- Encounter victims
- Mohit, 22, and Sumit, 24
- Encounter date
- August 31
- Recovered items
- Three pistols and 26 cartridges