Ankit Balyan murder case: Two suspects killed in encounter with Shamli Police

Two suspects allegedly concerned within the murder of Haryanvi singer and YouTuber Ankit Balyan have been killed in an encounter with Shamli Police and the SWAT crew, officers mentioned on Monday (August 31, 2026).

The 2 males, recognized as 24-year-old Sumit and 22-year-old Mohit, carried a reward of ₹50,000 every.

Each have been declared useless on the District Joint Hospital, Shamli, the place that they had been taken for therapy after sustaining gunshot accidents throughout the encounter.

In an announcement, the Superintendent of Police (SP) workplace, Shamli, mentioned the 2 sharpshooters have been “injured by gunfire throughout retaliatory firing carried out by the police in self-defence in a joint operation by Kotwali Shamli Police Station, Jhinjhana Police Station and SWAT Crew Shamli”.

The injured accused individuals have been taken to the District Joint Hospital, Shamli for therapy, the place, throughout therapy, the medical doctors declared each of them useless, the assertion added.

Head Constables Harvinder and Pradeep of the SWAT Crew have been injured by gunfire throughout the encounter, the assertion mentioned.

Police recovered two pistols together with 10 dwell and 9 spent cartridges of .30 bore, one other pistol together with 16 dwell and 6 spent cartridges, one Splendor bike, one bag, one cell phone and money of ₹5,000 from the positioning of the incident.

Authorized proceedings concerning the incident are underway at Kotwali Shamli Police Station. About 14 instances are registered in opposition to Mohit and one case in opposition to Sumit in Haryana, the SP workplace mentioned, including that data on their different prison historical past was being ascertained.

Balyan’s loss of life

Uttar Pradesh’s Particular Activity Power and different police groups had been working to determine 4 assailants who allegedly shot useless Balyan in Shamli, after tracing their escape path to Haryana with the assistance of CCTV footage, officers mentioned on Friday (August 28).

Sources had mentioned CCTV footage from a number of places in Shamli, Loni in Ghaziabad, Delhi and Sonipat captured 4 males fleeing on two bikes after the capturing.

Balyan had been selling his music ‘Child Badmash’, launched final month, singing a number of of its traces, together with “Homicide maar de sadak ke upar (homicide on the street)” to his Instagram followers in a video. Hours later, he was shot useless in a fashion eerily resembling the setting described within the music.

Balyan was leaving a fitness center within the Kotwali space of Shamli round 6.45 p.m. on Wednesday, August 26, 2026, when 4 assailants travelling on two bikes opened hearth on him. He sustained important accidents and was declared useless at a group well being centre, police had mentioned.