In contrast to initial suspicions that her murder was driven by financial jealousy, sleuths say her father is well off too
(Clockwise from left) Accused Deepak Yadav is now in judicial custody; Radhika Yadav did not own an academy as previously reported; a still from the infamous music video she appeared in. Pics/PTI/X@_BRUCE__007
Former state-level tennis player Radhika Yadav did not have her own academy, but used to train aspirants by booking tennis courts at different places, which her father objected to, Gurugram Police said on Saturday.
The 25-year-old was allegedly shot dead by her father, Deepak Yadav, 49, at the family’s double-storey home at Sushant Lok area in Sector 57, Gurugram, on Thursday. Earlier, the police had maintained that Radhika ran a tennis academy, which had become a bone of contention between the two because Deepak was often taunted for living off his daughter’s income.
The accused, who was financially well off with good rental income and not dependent on his daughter’s earnings, was depressed for the last couple of weeks due to the taunts, they said.
“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, who police said has confessed to shooting his daughter dead, has now been remanded to 14-day judicial custody. During the remand, police recovered five bullets and one live cartridge from his Sector 57 residence.
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 artiste had caused her murder. Inam-ul-Haq, co-actor of the late tennis player Radhika Yadav in the music video, has said that he had no connection to her murder and had not been in touch with her after the video shoot.
Union Minister and former Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar called the death of 25-year-old tennis player Radhika Yadav a “domestic matter” and emphasised that it was too soon to make any statements before the probe is complete. “It is a matter of concern that the ideas of people towards society have not developed,” he said.
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