New Delhi, June 29 -- In a tragic turn of events, just 16 days after Jaspal Rana's death, the Indian shooting legend's mother, Shyama Devi Rana, also died in Delhi following a long illness. Incidentally, she passed away on Sunday, 28 June, which would have been her son's 50th birthday.

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami confirmed the news of the passing away of Jaspal Rana's mother.

ETV Bharat reported that Shyama Devi had been admitted to the Army Hospital in New Delhi on 16 June, four days after her son's death. She was in a critical condition and had been undergoing treatment for cancer.

"We have received the extremely sorrowful news of the passing of Smt. Narayan Singh Rana Ji's wife and the revered mother of the renown...