LUCKNOW, Nov. 12 -- The production of two undertrial prisoners accused of murdering Haryanvi singer Ankit Balyan before a Shamli court has been deferred to November 16, a Shamli police spokesperson confirmed on Thursday. Deepak alias Teetar and Yogesh alias Tunda, lodged in Tihar Jail, could not be produced before the court on Thursday. The police spokesperson confirmed that their production had been deferred but did not disclose further details.

The two accused had sought special security arrangements, expressing apprehension that they could be subjected to a fake encounter by the Uttar Pradesh Police during transit from Delhi to Shamli. Acting on their application, additional sessions judge Saurabh Partap Singh Laler of Delhi's Patiala...