Four armed assailants fired at the house of a former village Sarpanch Mangat Ram and seriously injured his wife and son at village Bhago Budda near Sultanpur Lodhi on Wednesday, police said.
Superientendent of Police (Investigation) Harvinder Singh said one of four assailants was captured by villagers on hearing gunshots and handed over to police.
Police identified the injured as Geeta Rani and her son Udeek Chand.
The seriously injured Geeta Rani has been referred to a private hospital at Jalandhar while Udeek Chand has been admitted in civil hospital at Sultanpur Lodhi and stated to be out of danger.
Police said the assailants armed with fire arms and sharp edged weapons intruded the house of former Sarpanch and started abusing Geeta Rani who was running a milk dairy and attacked her with sharp edged weapons and seriously injured her.
On hearing the shrieks of Geeta Rani her son Udeek rushed to save his mother but assailants fired at him and injured him as well.
The villagers overpowered one of the assailants while his accomplices managed to flee, said police.
However, a case has been registered and further investigations are on.