Pakistan-born actor Marc Anwar has been fired from "Coronation Street" after allegedly posting "racially offensive" tweets about Indians. Pakistan-born actor Marc Anwar has been fired from "Coronation Street" after allegedly posting "racially offensive" tweets about Indians over the Kashmir issue, British media reported today. "We are deeply shocked by the entirely unacceptable, racially offensive comments made on Twitter by Marc Anwar. "We have talked to Marc and, as a consequence of his comments, he will not be returning to Coronation Street with immediate effect," the statement read. The actor's tweets came days after the Uri terror attack which lead to the killing of 17 Indian soldiers.

Source: dna September 25, 2016 14:15 UTC