Former tennis player Radhika Yadav was allegedly shot dead by her father at the family's double-storey home in Gugram. Deepak Yadav, 49, confessed to killing his daughter and was arrested, police said.

Deepak Yadav confessed that he shot at Radhika because he was often taunted for living off her income.

Police, however, in an official statement, claimed that a tennis academy Radhika ran was the bone of contention between the father and the daughter.

"Radhika used to run a tennis academy, and her father was not happy with it. In a fight over the academy," Gurugram police spokesperson Sandeep Singh said.

The incident took place around 2 pm Thursday when Radhika Yadav was on the first floor, cooking food in the kitchen.

Deepak Yadav fired at least five gunshots, three of which hit Radhika in the back, and killed her on the spot.

Her mother, who was on the ground floor, rushed upstairs after hearing the gunshots, which, she said, sounded like a pressure cooker blast. Police rushed Radhika to a hospital, where she was declared dead.

On the complaint of Radhika's uncle, an FIR was registered at Sector 56 Police Station, and Deepak Yadav was arrested.

It was shocking to understand that the same day Radhika Yadav was murdered by her father Deepak Yadav, July 10 was also her mother Manju Yadav’s birthday. That morning, Radhika had gone into the kitchen to prepare something special for her mother when Deepak shot her three times from her back.