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India: 25-year-old tennis player Radhika Yadav shot dead by her father at home
Around 10 am on Thursday, Deepak Yadav fired five bullets at his daughter, and three hit her
- PUBLISHED: Fri 11 Jul 2025, 8:50 AM
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- Yasmin Hussein
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A tragic domestic incident unfolded in the Northern Indian city of Gurugram on Thursday when Radhika Yadav, a former state-level tennis player, was shot dead by her own father.
The father, Deepak Yadav, who is 49 years old, was arrested by the police and confessed to the crime, according to Indian news agency (ANI).
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Media reports said that Radhika, who was 25 years old, was in the kitchen on the first floor when the murder took place following a dispute with her father.
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What has happened?
Gurugram police have unveiled details of the horrific crime, saying that they received a report regarding a young woman brought dead to the hospital with bullet injuries.
Following his arrest and during the interrogation, Deepak said that his daughter opened a tennis academy after she suffered a shoulder injury. Asked what his motive was behind the killing, he said that whenever he went to his village in Wazirabad, people used to mock him for living on his daughter's earnings, which hurt his dignity.
He added that he told his daughter to shut down the academy, but she refused, which made him angry.
Around 10 am on Thursday, Deepak fired five bullets at his daughter, and three hit her.
The accused's brother, who filed the complaint to the police, was cited by NDTV saying, "Around 10 am, I heard a loud sound and when I went to the first floor, I saw my niece (Radhika) lying in the kitchen and the gun in the drawing room. My son and I took her to Asia Maringo Hospital, where the doctors declared her dead."
"My brother used a .32 bore revolver, and it belonged to him," the victim's uncle said. The police have seized the gun used by the father, and the matter is currently under investigation.
Yasmin Hussein is an Assistant Digital Editor who believes that every news story carries a human element. Her motto is 'get it first, but first get it right'.
