The father of tennis player Radhika Yadav, Deepak Yadav, has confessed to his crime and has also given the reason behind the murder. He has said that people used to taunt him for living on his daughter's earnings and he was very upset about this.
However, the surprising thing is that it was her father who made Radhika a tennis player.
He had spent Rs 2.5 crores on her training, and this was the reason why Radhika did not want to leave her career.
Actually, Radhika's father had told Radhika about the taunts and also asked her to quit her job as a tennis coach. But Radhika had clearly refused to listen to her father.
Earlier, Radhika's coach's statement had also come out in which he had told that whenever Radhika used to come for tennis training, her father always come along.
The police said according to the postmortem report done by a board of three doctors, 25-year-old Radhika was hit by four bullets, three of which hit the back and one in the shoulder.
Former state-level tennis player Radhika Yadav used to train aspiring players by booking tennis courts at various locations, as she didn’t have her own academy, a practice her father reportedly disapproved of, Gurugram police said on Saturday. The 25-year-old was shot dead at point-blank range by her father Deepak, 49, at their home on Thursday.
According to the previous statements, police had maintained that Radhika ran a tennis academy, which had become a bone of contention between the daughter-father, and that Deepak was often taunted for living off his daughter's income.
"Radhika did not have her own academy. She used to train new 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," an investigating officer said on Saturday.
The 25-year-old was shot dead at point-blank range by her father Deepak Yadav, 49, at home on Thursday.
The incident shocked the nation. According to the previous statements, police had maintained that Radhika ran a tennis academy, which had become a bone of contention between the daughter-father, and that Deepak was often taunted for living off his daughter's income.
"Radhika did not have her own academy. She used to train new 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," an investigating officer said on Saturday.
Deepak, the accused, was financially well off with good rental income from various properties and hence was not dependent on his daughter's earnings, but was depressed for the last couple of weeks due to the taunts, they said. The father, has confessed to shooting his daughter dead, was on Friday produced before a court, which remanded him to one-day police custody. During the remand, police recovered five bullets and one live cartridge from his residence.
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There has been claims that Deepak was not happy with Radhika's social media presence and her desire to become an influencer. Many people had claimed that a music video she featured in alongside an independent artist had caused her murder.
"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," said Inspector Vinod Kumar of Sector 56 police station.
According to a close relative, Deepak had supported Radhika in her tennis career since her childhood. He was disturbed by his daughter conducting the training sessions for tennis aspirants and had asked her several times to stop them, which she refused, the relative said. Radhika had received four bullets, three in the back and one in the shoulder, according to the post-mortem report. Her last rites were conducted at the family's village in Wazirabad on Friday.
Deepak was also taken to a village in Pataudi as part of the investigation. The accused will be produced in court again on Saturday, the investigating officer said. There had been claims that Deepak was not happy with Radhika's social media presence and her desire to become an influencer. Many people had claimed that a music video she featured in alongside an independent artist had caused her murder.
"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," said Inspector Vinod Kumar of Sector 56 police station.
According to a close relative, Deepak had supported Radhika in her tennis career since her childhood. Deepak had asked his daughter several times to stop holding the training sessions, but she refused, he said. Radhika had received four bullets, three in the back and one in the shoulder, according to the post-mortem report. Her last rites were conducted at the family's village in Wazirabad on Friday.
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