Tennis player’s murder was planned, say Gurugram cops

Cops say they're probing whether the mother was aware of the plan

- Leena Dhankhar and Debashish Karmakar

The murder of a 25-year-old woman tennis player in Gurugram was allegedly planned by her father and not a spur-of-the-moment killing, police said on Friday, adding that they are probing a string of heated disagreements between the two in the weeks leading up to the shooting.

Deepak Yadav, 51, allegedly shot his daughter Radhika Yadav, a state-level tennis player, four times in the back while she was cooking breakfast in the kitchen of their three-storey home in Block-G of Sushant Lok-2 around 10.30am on Thursday, police said.

“He admitted during questioning that he planned the murder,” said Sandeep Kumar, public relations officer of Gurugram police.

“He typically bought milk himself in the mornings, but on Thursday, he asked his son to go instead. Once alone with Radhika, he pumped four bullets into her while she was cooking breakfast,” he added.