Overview

• Deepak Yadav is in Gurugram police custody after admitting he shot his 25-year-old daughter Radhika three times in the back as she prepared a meal on July 11, 2025.
• Radhika Yadav competed in 36 ITF singles and seven doubles matches before a 2024 shoulder injury led her to found a successful tennis academy in Gurugram.
• Her uncle Kuldeep Yadav filed the formal murder complaint at Gurugram Sector 56 police station, a necessary step for an arrest under Indian law.
• Investigators have recovered the revolver used in the attack and are examining how reversed economic roles and patriarchal pressures fueled the deadly dispute.
• The case has prompted debate in India over gender norms, domestic violence and the stigma faced by daughters who out-earn their male relatives.