The father, Deepak Yadav, fired five times at her daughter Radhika Yadav, three of which struck her body, fatally injuring her, police said
Tennis Player Radhika Yadav Was Cooking Breakfast When Father Shot Her
DNA
Gurugram, JUL 11 – Radhika Yadav, a 25-year-old national-level tennis player, was shot three times in the back by her father while she was cooking breakfast at their Gurugram residence on Thursday. The father, Deepak Yadav, fired five times at her daughter, three of which struck her body, fatally injuring her, police said.
Deepak, 49, confessed during the interrogation that “taunts” from villagers in his native Wazirabad over her daughter’s earnings and suggestions that he lived off her fame triggered the tensions that led to the chilling murder.
Deepak told the police that he shot Radhika three times in the back while she was preparing food in the kitchen around 10:30 am. Her uncle, Kuldeep Yadav, who lives on the ground floor of the same building, heard gunshots and rushed upstairs to find Radhika lying on the kitchen floor, with the revolver left in the adjacent drawing room.
“Around 10:30 am, I heard a loud sound. When I went upstairs, I saw my niece lying motionless in the kitchen. The revolver was on the floor in the drawing room. My son and I immediately took her to the hospital, but she was already gone,” Kuldeep told the police.
According to the police, Radhika’s financial independence, Instagram reels, and a music video appearance that reportedly upset Deepak, created a lot of tensions within the Yadav family.
