Modernity and patriarchy collide as murder shakes up Millennium City

In Gurugram, builder Deepak Yadav allegedly shot his daughter, tennis player Radhika, over social pressure and patriarchal insecurities, shocking the community.

On the outside, the building looks like any other house in this posh corner of Gurugram. A towering arched window pane dominates the three-storey facade, faded but serene images of Hindu deities peeking out. A green tarpaulin sheet dangles casually from the top floor, perhaps to shield against the punishing summer sun or monsoon drizzles. A white Thar stands in a narrow driveway, flanked by a pair of motorbikes.

An undated photo of Radhika Yadav, a state-level tennis player, who was allegedly shot dead by her father after he was angered by her “reel” on social media, in Gurugram. (PTI)

But it is inside this house, in Gurugram’s upmarket Sector 57,