Radhika Yadav murder: The young tennis player’s last rites performed

The last rites of Radhika Yadav were performed in Gurugram, the day after her father murdered her.

Radhika Yadav, a 25-year-old tennis player, was shot dead by her father, Deepak Yadav, at their residence in SushantLok Phase 2 in Gurugram’s Sector 57. The young player was shot dead by her father over a dispute regarding her not shutting down her tennis academy.

Radhika Yadav’s last rites performed.

On Friday, the state-level tennis player’s last rites were performed in Haryana’s Gurugram, a day after her father, Deepak Yadav, shot her dead with a licensed revolver. Family members of the young tennis star were seen taking her mortal remains for cremation.

Radhika Yadav was murdered by her father.

Radhika was murdered by her father with a licensed revolver at their residence in Gurugram. Deepak, her father, who confessed to the crime, was produced before the court and sent to one-day police custody. He allegedly shot Radhika three times over a dispute over her not shutting down her tennis academy. During police questioning, Deepak revealed others taunted him for “living off his daughter’s earnings.” He said that these remarks hurt his “pride”, and he had been depressed for the past 15 days. He further said that since his family was well-off, it wasn’t required for Radhika to work.

Sandeep Kumar, Gurugram Police PRO, said that Deepak was running a rental business and was “financially well off. That is the reason he was unhappy with Radhika running a tennis academy. However, it was her passion, and she continued to run it.” Assistant Commissioner of Police, Yashwant Yadav said, “He wanted her to shut down the academy, but she refused. He finally shot her dead over the same dispute.”