Charkhi Dadri, July 13 -- Dronacharya awardee and BJP leader Mahavir Singh Phogat condemned the killing of tennis player Radhika Yadav, saying her "father should not have taken this step."

"It is a tragic incident where the father of a national tennis player killed her. I strongly condemn this. Even if the child made any mistake, he should not have taken this step," Phogat told ANI.

25-year-old Indian tennis player, Radhika, was allegedly shot dead by her father over a disagreement regarding her tennis academy in Sector 57 in Gurugram in Haryana.

On Saturday, a Gurugram court sent the father, Deepak Yadav, to 14 days' judicial custody after Gurugram police produced him before the duty magistrate.

On July 11, Radhika's body was cremate...