Radhika Yadav Shot Dead by Father Over Instagram Reels & Tennis Academy

A case of serious shock is that the father of tennis player Radhika Yadav Deepak Yadav has accepted in front of police that he was angry that his daughter Radhika was running her own tennis academy and killed her in their Gurugram home because of a quarrel on this issue. The police are also investigating whether it is Radhika Instagram reels that contributed to her death.

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According to officials in the police investigating the matter, Deepak Yadav shot his daughter Radhika Yadav out of rage following an argument on the closure of the academy.

Police also enquire on the possibility of Deepak being angry with Radhika and her Instagram reels, and an alleged affair, which prompted him to shoot, according to TOI.

A 25-year-old tennis player was killed by her father in the two-storey house where they lived in an elite district of Sushant Lok in Gurugram on Thursday, July 10.

Police claimed that Deepak Yadav, who had a licensed revolver, shot Radhika three times in the kitchen which have hit her on the neck as well as the back.

So far Deepak Yadav has been arrested by the police who also confessed to have killed his daughter.

As the story of the murder of the tennis player took some twists few days after, the police officials suggested that the father of Radhika Yadav did it because he was getting frustrated due to societal pressure and the taunting against his daughter in respect to her independent business initiative.

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As the father of Radhika Yadav and the tennis player were conversing the topic of closing down the academy, an ugly quarrel emanated and in one of the temper tantrums Deepak fired his daughter with a shotgun.

Radhika mocked the father of Radhika because neighbours and relatives used to say to him that he was earning the money on the earnings of his daughter, which really touched him. Concerned with the shame, Deepak had wanted Radhika to close the academy as per News 18.

Radhika Yadav had featured on one of the music videos with an independent artist last year. This could have led to some tensions in her house and police have been looking at this angle in the murder of the tennis player, stated PTI.

The given music video, the production of which was carried out by Zeeshan Ahmad, is titled KARWAAN, and it was released in 2024 within the frames of LLF Records label. It starred Radhika Yadav with artist, INAAM in several scenes.

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