{"id":30560,"date":"2025-07-11T13:44:54","date_gmt":"2025-07-11T13:44:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=30560"},"modified":"2025-07-11T13:44:54","modified_gmt":"2025-07-11T13:44:54","slug":"tennis-player-25-is-shot-dead-by-her-father-after-he-was-mocked-for-living-off-her-earnings-daily-mail-online","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=30560","title":{"rendered":"Tennis player, 25, is shot dead by her father after he was mocked for living off her earnings | Daily Mail Online"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- ad: https:\/\/mads.dailymail.co.uk\/v8\/us\/news\/none\/article\/other\/billboard.html --><\/p>\n<div id=\"mini-carousel-wrapper\" class=\"item news\" data-track-module=\"am-mini_carousel^mini_carousel\" data-track-selector=\".rotator-panels a\" data-track-pos=\"static\">\n<div class=\"shallow-ac mini\">\n<div class=\"rotator\">\n<div class=\"rotator-pages\">\n<div class=\"rotator-next\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"taboola-top-carousel-thumbnails\" class=\"taboola\" data-taboolaposition=\"beforeArticle\"><span style=\"font-size: 2.25rem;\">Tennis player, 25, is shot dead by her father after he was mocked for living off her earnings<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"articleWide cleared\">\n<div class=\"alpha\">\n<div id=\"js-article-text\" class=\"article-text wide  heading-tag-switch\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"articleIconLinksContainer\"><\/div>\n<p><!-- ad: https:\/\/mads.dailymail.co.uk\/v8\/us\/news\/none\/article\/other\/para_top.html --><\/p>\n<div class=\"adHolder column-content cleared\">\n<div id=\"para_top\" style=\"width: 638px; margin: 0 auto;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!-- CWV --><!-- [if !IE]><!--> <!--<![endif]--> <!-- [if IE]>\n \t<link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/gunther\/1.17.0\/registration--.css\" media=\"screen\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/>\n<![endif]--> <!-- [if !IE]><!--> <!--<![endif]--><!-- [if IE]>\n \t<link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/gunther\/1.17.0\/all-ie8-9--.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/>\n \t<link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/gunther\/1.17.0\/all1-ie8-9--.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/>\n<![endif]--> <!-- [if !IE]><!--> <!--<![endif]--> <!-- [if IE 8]>\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/mol-fe\/static\/mol-fe-polyfill\/1.0.2\/ie8.js\"><\/script>\n<![endif]--> <!-- [if IE 9]>\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/mol-fe\/static\/mol-fe-polyfill\/1.0.2\/ie9.js\"><\/script>\n<![endif]--> <!-- [if IE]>\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/gunther\/1.17.0\/sync_bundle--.js\"><\/script>\n<![endif]--> <!-- [if !IE]> --> <!--<![endif]--><!-- SiteCatalyst code version: H.20.3.\n    Copyright 1997-2009 Omniture, Inc. 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But she was already gone.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Sources say Radhika was shot while cooking, with three of the five bullets hitting her in the back.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">At the time of the killing, only Radhika, her father and her mother, Manju, were home.\u00a0Her younger brother was away.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Kuldeep has since filed the official complaint that led to Mr Yadav&#8217;s arrest.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">He is reported as saying: &#8216;I saw my niece Radhika Yadav lying in the kitchen and the revolver (used in the crime) was found in the drawing room.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Radhika&#8217;s mother was present at the house but has not yet given a detailed statement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Officers said she told them she was unwell and remained in her room when the shooting occurred.<\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Her father is said to have been furious at being mocked for living off his daughter&#8217;s earnings<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Police have seized the murder weapon, live cartridges and forensic evidence from the scene.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">They have charged Mr Yadav under multiple sections of the Indian Penal Code, including murder and possession of a firearm.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Radhika had represented the state of Haryana at national-level tournaments and had opened a tennis academy in the city.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">She was considered a rising star and had featured in a recent promotional video that drew praise online.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">But her father reportedly became resentful of her growing fame and independence.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">He told police he was fed up with being mocked by villagers from Wazirabad, who accused him of riding on his daughter&#8217;s success while doing nothing himself.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">He said he repeatedly urged her to stop running the academy, but she refused.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Sources said the humiliation had become unbearable for him, and he snapped.<\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Radhika refused after her father ordered her to stop running a tennis academy<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Friends of the victim say Radhika was a kind and determined woman who had worked tirelessly to make her name in tennis despite facing gender bias from a young age.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">While the investigation is ongoing, Mr Yadav remains in police custody and is expected to face trial later this year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"mobileGalleryModal\">\n<div class=\"canvas\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- ad: https:\/\/mads.dailymail.co.uk\/v8\/us\/news\/none\/article\/other\/mpu_channel.html --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tennis player, 25, is shot dead by her father after he was mocked for living off her earnings &nbsp; 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