New Delhi, June 27 -- Jailed gangster Jaggu Bhagwanpuria's mother and another person accompanying her were reportedly shot dead by unidentified people on a bike in Batala, Punjab, police said.

Harjit Kaur sustained critical injuries during the incident that happened around 9:30 pm on Thursday and was transferred to a hospital in Amritsar, news agency PTI reported. She died later from her bullet injuries, the report quoted a police official from Batala as saying.

The incident toom place on Qadian Road, in the Civil Lines area.

"Unidentified bike-borne persons opened fire when Harjit Kaur and another person Karanvir Singh were in the car," Deputy Superintendent of Police, Batala, Paramveer Singh told PTI.

Harjit Kaur, who hails from Bha...