Ggm man kills daughter over her tennis academy's success
Gurugram, July 11 -- A 51-year-old man was arrested on Thursday for allegedly shooting dead his 25-year-old daughter, a promising state-level tennis player who ran her own tennis academy, at their residence in Gurugram's Sector-57, police said.
The accused, Deepak Yadav, was arrested from the chilling crime scene, and his licensed revolver seized.
The victim, Radhika Yadav, was shot three times in the back while she was cooking in the kitchen of their three-storey home in Block-G of Sushant Lok-2 around 10.30am, police said. She died on the spot.
Investigators said they are probing several possible motives for the murder.
Police said that one of the prime angles being examined is the father's apparent anger over taunts from villagers and peers in their native Wazirabad, a part of which now falls under Sector 57.
Many allegedly mocked him for living off his daughter's income from her tennis academy, according to an investigator privy to the case details.
Yadav, a builder, reportedly resented Radhika's success from her academy, which she ran near their home, the officer said. "He asked her repeatedly to shut the tennis academy," said assistant commissioner of police (Sadar) Yashwant Yadav.
"But she refused. Arguments had taken place earlier as well. He finally shot her dead over the same dispute."...
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