India, July 12 -- Father of 25-year-old Haryana tennis player Radhika Yadav, who shot her dead with a licensed revolver on Thursday, said he had lost his mind and killed his daughter in a conversation with his brother shortly after the crime.

Vijay Yadav, Radhika Yadav's uncle said "there is no bigger punishment than realisation when a person himself is guilty."

"Mereko ye kaha ki bhai, maine kanya vadh kar diya hai. Mujhe maar do...vajah nahi batayi. kehta bas bhai dimag kharab ho gaya tha [He said brother, I killed my daughter, kill me. he did not tell any reason. He said that he had lost his mind," Vijay Yadav said.

"Her father used to take her for training at 5 in the morning, and used to bring her back in the evening till the trai...