Tennis player shot dead by own ‘insecure’ dad over ‘taunts he lived off her money’
Radhika Yadav, 25, was shot dead by Deepak Yadav, 49, in the kitchen of their home in Gurugram yesterday
A once-aspiring tennis player has been shot dead by her own father in India.
Radhika Yadav, 25, was shot dead by Deepak Yadav, 49, in the kitchen of their home in Gurugram yesterday.
She is said to have been cooking when he shot her in the back.
Several theories have already emerged about possible motives for the tragedy.
The main one at this early stage is a falling out between the relatives over Radhika’s tennis academy.
Station House Officer Inspector Vinod Kumar told The Indian Express: ‘He (Deepak) had been upset for a while as he was being taunted by locals over his daughter’s income.
‘He was troubled by their remarks – they would keep saying the house is running on her money, and he is too dependent on that.
‘He had asked her (Radhika) several times earlier to stop working at the academy, but she refused. He could not take it anymore.’
Radhika is said to have been cooking when he shot her in the back (Picture: LLF records)
Yadav himself is quoted as confirming it by NDTV, apparently telling police: ‘When I used to go to Wazirabad village to get milk, people used to taunt me, saying that I live off my daughter’s earnings.
‘This troubled me a lot. Some people even questioned my daughter’s character. I told my daughter to close her tennis academy, but she refused.
‘This situation kept bothering me as it hurt my dignity. I was very troubled and stressed.
‘Because of this tension, I took out my licensed revolver, and when my daughter Radhika was cooking in the kitchen, I shot her three times from behind, hitting her waist.
‘I have killed my daughter.’
Tennis player Radhika Yadav was shot three times in the back by father while she was cooking
Other sources have claimed the pair’s relationship cracked after Radhika appeared in a music video which her father objected to and demanded she remove from her social media.
The case once again puts a spotlight on the way the country treats its women.
While many cases making global headlines involve sexual violence, one in three women (33%) faced domestic abuse from partners and relatives between 2019 and 2021, according to a recent study.
According to the International Tennis Federation (ITF) website, Radhika had played 36 singles matches and 7 doubles matches in her career.
She last played singles in March 2024, and doubles in June 2023.
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