Updated On: 13 July, 2025 11:04 AM IST | Gurugram | Agencies
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.