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‘Bhai, Maine Kanya Vadh Kar Diya…’: What Radhika Yadav’s Father Said In Confession To Family After Killing Her
Police had earlier said Radhika Yadav ran a tennis academy, which had become a bone of contention.
In a new twist in tennis player Radhika Yadav’s murder case, her uncle said on Sunday that the accused, Deepak Yadav, demanded that he be hanged for murdering his daughter after firing five bullets at her, which ended her life. Radhika Yadav’s uncle, Vijay Yadav, said that Deepak had confessed that he had murdered Radhika before the police as well, and said that if there is any rule of hanging, then they should hang him for the crime.
Speaking to ANI, Vijay Yadav said, “He said to me, ‘Bhai, maine kanya vadh kar diya hai. Mujhe maar do.’.. He didn’t reveal a reason… He said that he had lost his mind… He said it in the police station, too, that if there is a rule of hanging, then hang him… She was a tennis coach. In my opinion, she had not opened any academy of her own…”
Vijay Yadav also claimed that Deepak was devoted to his daughter’s training and invested years in her career since childhood, a profession that demanded significant financial investment. “Her father used to take her for training at 5 in the morning, and used to bring her back in the evening till the training was on. She had stopped going anywhere else,” he said.
“These people were rich from the beginning. Her father has worked very hard. When everyone in their village had kutcha houses, they had a pucca house… There is no bigger punishment than realisation when a person himself is guilty,” he told ANI.
Radhika Yadav murder case
Radhika Yadav was cooking food in the kitchen on the first floor at around 2 pm on Thursday when her father came from behind and allegedly fired at her at least five times. The 25-year-old was shot dead at point-blank range by the 49-year-old at the family’s double-storey home in the Sushant Lok area in Gurugram’s Sector 57. Three bullets hit Radhika in the back and one in her shoulder, killing her on the spot, police said.
Police had earlier said Radhika Yadav ran a tennis academy, which had become a bone of contention between her and and her father as the latter was often taunted for living off his daughter’s income.
A city court sent the accused to judicial custody on Saturday. The court had remanded the accused in police custody for a day on Friday.
(With agency inputs)