India, Nov. 19 -- The Holy City was rocked by two back-to-back daylight shootings on Tuesday, leaving two persons, including a transport company employee, dead and triggering panic in the city.

The incidents come two days after a grocery shop owner, Manjit Singh, 65, was shot dead by gangsters at Dhoolka village in the Baba Bakala area of Amritsar district. His son, Lakhwinder Singh, said gangsters had demanded a ransom of Rs.50 lakh that the family refused to pay.

The first incident took place at 9.50am at the Inter-State Bus Terminal (ISBT) in Amritsar when three gunmen fired at 45-year-old Makhan Singh, an assistant manager at Baba Budha Sahib Bus Service (Kahlon Transport), a company owned by BJP leader Ravikaran Singh Kahlon. Eyewi...