Lucknow, Aug. 30 -- The focus of the investigation into the daylight murder of Haryanvi singer and YouTuber Ankit Baliyan, 32, is on two Haryana-based men suspected of being contract killers, Uttar Pradesh Police said on Saturday. Investigators are examining their possible links to the four assailants captured on CCTV fleeing the scene after shooting Baliyan outside a gym in Shamli on Wednesday evening, senior police officials said.

The UP Police have formed eight teams, including the Special Task Force, to crack the case, with several conducting raids at multiple locations in Haryana. Meerut zone ADG Bhanu Bhaskar reviewed the probe with senior officers in Shamli and said police were close to identifying the accused and had made progres...