US EditionRadhika Yadav Murder News: What the Tennis Player's Mother Revealed to Police
GURUGRAM, HARYANA, INDIA, JUL 11 – Deepak Yadav confessed to shooting his daughter three times over disputes about her tennis academy amid social stigma, police said.
- Deepak Yadav, aged 49, was arrested for fatally shooting his daughter Radhika Yadav at their home in Gurugram's Sector 57 on Thursday morning, July 10, 2025.
- The incident followed repeated disagreements after Deepak urged Radhika to close her tennis academy, which she refused to shut down despite his objections.
- Radhika, a talented 25-year-old national-level tennis player and coach who had achieved her highest ITF doubles ranking of 113 in late 2024, was fatally shot three times from behind with her father's licensed revolver.
- Deepak confessed during questioning that he fired five rounds, three fatal, and said villagers taunted him for living off his daughter's earnings; police spokesman Sandeep Kumar noted, “That's what triggered this tragic act.”
- Authorities seized Deepak's licensed firearm, took him into custody, and registered a murder case as investigations into the motive and circumstances continued.
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Tennis player killed by father at Gurgaon home: ‘Accused was taunted every time he went to buy milk at his village’
On Thursday, around 10.30 am, Radhika Yadav was cooking when her father, Deepak Yadav (54), took his pistol and allegedly shot her in the waist. She died in the hospital. A Gurgaon court Friday granted one-day remand of the accused to the police.
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In a shocking incident in Gurugram, state level tennis player Radhika Yadav was killed by her father Deepak Yadav by shooting her three times. According to the police, the accused father has been taken on one-day remand. SHO Vinod Kumar said that the weapon is yet to be recovered.
She was 25 years old and was killed by her father with gunshots in the city of Gurugram, India. Who was the tennis player
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