Radhika Yadav , the 25-year-old former state-level tennis player who was allegedly shot dead by her father in Gurugram, did not run a formal academy, rather trained aspiring players by booking tennis courts across the city.
“Radhika did not have her own academy. She used to train aspirants by booking tennis courts at different places. Deepak had asked her several times to stop the training sessions, but she refused. That was the main tussle between the father and daughter,” said an investigating officer, quoted by PTI.
Police had earlier claimed that Radhika ran a tennis academy, a source of tension between her and Deepak, who was reportedly taunted for relying on his daughter’s income.
According to police, Deepak, who had steady rental income and was financially secure, felt uncomfortable being perceived as reliant on his daughter's earnings. This had reportedly left him depressed in the weeks leading up to the shooting.
Initial speculation tied Radhika’s social media activity and a 2023 music video appearance to her murder. Allegations surfaced that Deepak was displeased with her rising online presence and ambitions of becoming an influencer, with some suggesting the video featuring her alongside an independent artist may have been the cause behind the murder.
However, these claims were later dismissed by the police.
“The video was uploaded in 2023, it has no connection with the murder. The accused has repeatedly said that he did not want his daughter to earn through training,” inspector Vinod Kumar of Sector 56 police station told PTI.
Radhika, was killed at point-blank range on Thursday by her father Deepak Yadav , 49, at their double-storey residence in sector 57. He was arrested and produced before a city court, which sent him to judicial custody on Saturday.
Deepak also confessed to shooting his daughter dead, police said.
On Friday, the court had sent Deepak to one-day police custody. During the remand period, officers recovered five bullets and a live cartridge from the family's sector 57 residence. He was also taken to a village in Pataudi as part of the investigation.
A relative told police that Deepak had supported Radhika's tennis ambitions from a young age, but had grown increasingly upset with her continued coaching work despite his objections.
Radhika suffered four gunshot wounds, three to the back and one to the shoulder, according to the post-mortem. Her funeral was held on Friday in the family’s native village of Wazirabad.
“Radhika did not have her own academy. She used to train aspirants by booking tennis courts at different places. Deepak had asked her several times to stop the training sessions, but she refused. That was the main tussle between the father and daughter,” said an investigating officer, quoted by PTI.
Police had earlier claimed that Radhika ran a tennis academy, a source of tension between her and Deepak, who was reportedly taunted for relying on his daughter’s income.
According to police, Deepak, who had steady rental income and was financially secure, felt uncomfortable being perceived as reliant on his daughter's earnings. This had reportedly left him depressed in the weeks leading up to the shooting.
Initial speculation tied Radhika’s social media activity and a 2023 music video appearance to her murder. Allegations surfaced that Deepak was displeased with her rising online presence and ambitions of becoming an influencer, with some suggesting the video featuring her alongside an independent artist may have been the cause behind the murder.
However, these claims were later dismissed by the police.
“The video was uploaded in 2023, it has no connection with the murder. The accused has repeatedly said that he did not want his daughter to earn through training,” inspector Vinod Kumar of Sector 56 police station told PTI.
Radhika, was killed at point-blank range on Thursday by her father Deepak Yadav , 49, at their double-storey residence in sector 57. He was arrested and produced before a city court, which sent him to judicial custody on Saturday.
Deepak also confessed to shooting his daughter dead, police said.
On Friday, the court had sent Deepak to one-day police custody. During the remand period, officers recovered five bullets and a live cartridge from the family's sector 57 residence. He was also taken to a village in Pataudi as part of the investigation.
A relative told police that Deepak had supported Radhika's tennis ambitions from a young age, but had grown increasingly upset with her continued coaching work despite his objections.
Radhika suffered four gunshot wounds, three to the back and one to the shoulder, according to the post-mortem. Her funeral was held on Friday in the family’s native village of Wazirabad.
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