India, July 11 -- Deepak Yadav, father of 25-year-old tennis player Radhika Yadav, and also the accused in her murder case, has confessed to the crime and detailed some reasons behind his shocking move.

Deepak Yadav shot Radhika three times at their residence in Gurugram on Thursday, and was arrested based on accounts of Radhika's family members.

During his questioning by the cops, Deepak said he was mocked by the society for "living off his daughter's earnings".

The FIR, accessed by Hindustan Times, shows that Deepak told the police that the criticism he faced had hurt his "pride", and that he had been battling depression for the past 15 days.

He was also not in favour of Radhika running a tennis academy, and the resentment grew so m...