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Radhika Yadav was an upcoming rising player in Indian tennis. She was born on March 23, 2000. As of November 4, 2024, Radhika had reached to the International Tennis Federation's 113th rank in the women’s doubles rankings, which was by far the best in her career. She also held the fifth position in the Haryana state women’s doubles rankings. She was considered as an emerging talent for India in women’s doubles, performing well in various national and international tournaments.
However, in an unfortunate incident which left everyone in unimaginable grief and shock, the rising sensation of Indian tennis Radhika Yadav was shot dead at her home in Gurugram by her own father. Her father fired five rounds of bullets at her from his licensed revolver, out of which three bullets pierced through the body of Radhika. This incident occurred after a dispute between them in which her father could not control his anger, and in the most shocking incident, killed his own daughter with his bare hands. His brother who heard the gunshots came running and saw his niece shot by her own father and immediately rushed her to the hospital. However, as soon as she reached the hospital she was declared dead.
The reason of a father killing his own daughter was societal pressure: Reports
Radhika was an independent woman who used to run her own Tennis academy to coach children after her shoulder injury and was doing well for herself. Initial media reports suggested that this incident took place due to a social media reel posted by her, which led to a dispute between both and her father losing his temper and committing this fatal crime. However, during the interrogation of the death of Radhika, when police questioned her father he admitted that he was agitated by people taunting him about living on his daughter’s money and some even questioned his daughter’s character.
He told his daughter to shut her academy to which she refused. This situation kept on bothering him as it hurt his dignity. He further admitted that because of this tension he took out his licensed revolver, while his daughter was cooking in the kitchen and shot her from the back and admitted that he is the one who killed her.
