Ankit Balyan Murder: Haryanvi Singer's Wife Threatens Self-Immolation In 4-Day Ultimatum To Cops

The wife of murdered Haryanvi singer and YouTuber Ankit Balyan on Friday threatened to self-immolate if police fail to arrest her husband's killers within four days.

She said she would take the extreme step outside the Shamli subdivisional magistrate's office or the residence of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.

Speaking to reporters at Banti Kheda village in Shamli district, Seema, a teacher in Delhi, said she is dissatisfied with the police investigation and would be forced to commit self-immolation if the accused are not arrested within four days. A video of her statement has surfaced on social media.

Seema also alleged that her husband had sought police security but was denied protection.

Balyan was leaving a gym in the Kotwali area of Shamli on Wednesday evening when four persons travelling on two motorcycles opened fire on him. Balyan was rushed to a nearby community health centre, where he was declared dead.

A video of the attack has surfaced on social media, showing Balyan emerging from the gym and walking towards his car when the four murderers arrive on two motorcycles and open fire at him before fleeing the spot.

Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav spoke to Balyan's father Satvir Singh over the phone on Friday, when the party's Kairana MP Iqra Hasan was meeting the bereaved family at Banti Kheda.

Yadav assured Singh that his party would stand with the family at every step in its fight for justice.

Later in a post on X, Yadav accused the BJP government in Uttar Pradesh and its "inactive allies" of leaving the Balyan community disappointed through their "inaction and biased attitude" in the murder case.

"Today or tomorrow, there will be justice when there is change," Yadav said, assuring the Balyan community that his party would not allow injustice to be done to the bereaved family.

He also said that SP's public representatives would remain in contact with the family and provide all possible help.

In an X post on Thursday, Hasan had termed the killing of the popular singer "extremely sad and shocking" and demanded a fair and speedy probe and early arrest of the killers.

Police have formed several teams to arrest the assailants, but no arrests were made till Friday, the third day after the killing.

Teams from Shamli, Muzaffarnagar and Baghpat districts, along with the Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force, have gone to Haryana as part of the investigation.

CCTV camera footage from several locations in Shamli, Loni in Ghaziabad, Delhi and Sonipat has captured four men allegedly fleeing on two motorcycles after the shooting, sources said.