Radhika Yadav’s Father Breaks Down, Pleads for Death Penalty After Killing Her

Radhika Yadav’s Father Breaks Down: Radhika Yadav was cremated on Friday evening (July 11, 2025) a day after her father allegedly shot her dead.

Deepak Yadav who shot his daughter at least four times on Thursday was initially supportive of her career. He had even given her ₹2 crore to open a tennis academy, a report in NDTV said. This after investigators said Deepak had asked Radhika to shut down the academy which she refused and the argument led to her murder.

According to police officials quoted in the report the confrontation left Deepak alternating between shame and anger. He stewed for three days after the initial confrontation and even contemplated suicide.

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But he chose a second option, killing his daughter.

Radhika Yadav was cooking a meal for her mother’s birthday in the kitchen at 10:30 AM when Deepak Yadav fired five bullets from his licensed weapon. The 25-year-old received four bullets three in the back and one in the shoulder according to the postmortem report by a board of three doctors said police. That done her body was handed over to the family and taken for last rites to the family’s village in Wazirabad nearby. The villagers called him a “gira hua baap” (a shameless father).

There was stunned silence and many tears too as the young woman was cremated said a villager. About 150 people including her grieving family attended the funeral with her brother Dheeraj lighting the pyre.

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"There were many questions about the murder. Everyone was surprised how Deepak could have killed his daughter, the one he loved the most," said one of the mourners.

The accused who police said was depressed for the last 15 days also felt he was financially well off and had good rental income so there was no need for his daughter to run an academy.

Radhika had appeared in a romantic music video in 2024 with an independent artist. According to sources this too could have triggered tensions at home.

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