India, July 11 -- A 25-year-old state-level tennis player, Radhika Yadav was shot dead by her father, Deepak Yadav, in their residence in Gurugram on Thursday, while other family members were also present in the spot, reports now suggest.

Police had earlier said the horrifying crime occurred around 2 pm when the former tennis player was on the first floor, cooking food in the kitchen.

Radhika's uncle, Kuldeep Yadav, with his family, lived in the second floor of the same house in Gurugram's Sector 57.

He told police that he suddenly heard a "loud explosion" and rushed to the first floor, where Deepak and his family resided, on Thursday morning, when the incident happened.

"I saw my niece Radhika lying in a pool of blood in the kitchen....