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Ankit Balyan shot dead outside gym in Uttar Pradesh, police examine CCTV to identify attackers

Police Uttar Pradesh SHAMLI

Haryanvi singer and YouTuber Ankit Balyan was killed in a shooting outside a gym in Uttar Pradesh’s Shamli on Wednesday evening, with police now working to identify the assailants and establish the motive behind the attack. Balyan was leaving the gym in the Shamli Kotwali area when three to four men allegedly opened fire, leaving him critically injured.

The singer was taken to a nearby hospital after the firing was reported, but doctors declared him dead on arrival. Shamli SP NP Singh told ANI that a Dial 112 call had alerted police to the incident and said teams had been deployed as part of the investigation.

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