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Crime
Video Shows Shooters Reconnoitering and Lodging in UP Hotel Before Ankit Baliyan Killing
✍️ India Today
🗓 01 Sep 2026, 09:38 AM
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A video released by India Today shows the gunmen who killed Ankit Baliyan conducting a site reconnaissance and staying at a hotel in Uttar Pradesh before the attack.
India Today has published a video that appears to capture the gunmen planning the murder of Ankit Baliyan. The footage shows the suspects moving around the area where the killing later occurred, indicating a deliberate reconnaissance.
The same recording later shows the individuals checking into a hotel in Uttar Pradesh, where they remained for a brief period before proceeding to the target location. The hotel’s name and exact address have not been disclosed by authorities.
Ankit Baliyan was subsequently found dead, and investigators are treating the case as a pre‑meditated homicide. Police are reviewing the video as part of their evidence collection, though they have not publicly identified the shooters.
The release of the video has heightened public concern and prompted calls for swift police action to prevent similar incidents in the region.
The same recording later shows the individuals checking into a hotel in Uttar Pradesh, where they remained for a brief period before proceeding to the target location. The hotel’s name and exact address have not been disclosed by authorities.
Ankit Baliyan was subsequently found dead, and investigators are treating the case as a pre‑meditated homicide. Police are reviewing the video as part of their evidence collection, though they have not publicly identified the shooters.
The release of the video has heightened public concern and prompted calls for swift police action to prevent similar incidents in the region.