A day after former tennis player Radhika Yadav was shot dead by her father in their Gurugram residence, police are yet to establish a motive behind the murder. Multiple theories are trying to find the reason why he did that.

Even though the father confessed to killing his daughter with his licensed .32 bore revolver, the reason behind the murder is yet to be confirmed.

Here’s what we know from the police investigation so far.

Honour or income?

“Radhika used to run a tennis academy, and her father was not happy with it,” Gurugram police spokesperson Sandeep Singh said.

“He (Deepak) had been upset for a while as he was being taunted by locals over his daughter’s income. He was troubled by their remarks – they would keep saying the house is running on her money, and he is too dependent on that. He had asked her (Radhika) several times earlier to stop working at the academy, but she refused. He could not take it anymore,” the Station House Officer Inspector Vinod Kumar told The Indian Express.

Reports also suggest that Deepak objected to a music video featuring Radhika alongside an independent artist, “INAAM”. They had repeatedly gotten into an argument over it, and he had asked her to delete it from her social media accounts.

On the unfortunate morning, however, he used his licensed .32 bore revolver and shot his daughter from behind. She was reportedly in the kitchen at the time when three out of the five bullets struck her.

Radhika Yadav’s tennis career

Radhika, who was a part of the ITF singles and doubles circuit. She had played 36 singles and 7 doubles matches before taking up coaching, followed by a shoulder injury. Her last international appearance was in March 2024 after she took up the role in an academy in Gurugram.

She reached a career best of 113 in November 2024 and stood fifth in Haryana’s women’s doubles ranking.