Tennis player Radhika Yadav allegedly shot and killed by her father
Radhika Yadav, 25, died in Gurugram, India on Thursday afternoon. Her father Deepak Yadav has been arrested.
Gurugram Police were notified by a hospital in the city that a woman had died due to bullet injuries, but when they arrived only Radhika's uncle, Kuldeep Yadav, was present.
According to reports, Kuldeep is said to have lodged a complaint over the death of his niece at the Gurugram Sector 56 police station.
The incident which unfolded at their residence reportedly came after Deepak objected to a tennis academy being run by his daughter.
Deepak is said to have voiced his objections over the work his daughter was doing when the disagreement between the pair turned dark.
'He (Deepak) had been upset for a while as he was being taunted by locals over his daughter's income,' police officer Vinod Kumar told The Indian Express.
'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,'
NDTV reported Deepak had admitted to committing the crime to police, saying he had fired five bullets at his daughter, four of which struck her.
Himaanshika Singh Rajput, a friend of Radhika, took to Instagram to convey her dismay at her passing.
'Radhika was my best friend. Just two days ago, I stood at her cremation, trying to process the unimaginable — that she was no longer here,' she wrote in the caption of her video.
'Radhika didn't deserve this. She didn't deserve to die like this. She was bright, kind, full of dreams and life. And now, she's gone.
'This should never have happened. And it cannot be forgotten.'
Radhika's tennis career saw her play 36 singles matches and 7 doubles matches on the ITF circuit.
Her final singles match took place in March, 2024 while she last played a doubles contest in June, 2023.
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