Akshay Kumar Lands In Twitter Trouble; Clarifies After ‘Accidently’ Liking Video Mocking Jamia Crackdown

Bollywood celebs like Sayani Gupta, Swara Bhaskar are lashing out at the authorities over Delhi’s Jamia Millia Islamia University crackdown. Akshay Kumar without making any comment or tweet for or against the authorities has landed himself in a soup. Screenshot of a video that mocks the attack on Jamia, that the Khiladi actor ‘accidently’ liked is going viral and drawing flak from netizens who are protesting against the breakdown at central university and colleges. He later ‘unliked’ the tweet.

For people requesting Bollywood stars for raising their voice against police brutality on Jamia students. Here is our Hero @akshaykumar who "likes" a tweet mocking brutal attack on Jamia Milia students. He has now unliked it. #JamiaProtest pic.twitter.com/tgYwOiHDQ6

— Mohammed Zubair (@zoo_bear) December 16, 2019

Akshay in no time noticed the buzz around it a addressed it on Twitter. He wrote, "Regarding the ‘like’ on the tweet of Jamia Milia students, it was by mistake. I was scrolling and accidentally it must have been pressed and when I realised I immediately unliked it as In no way do I support such acts."

Regarding the ‘like’ on the tweet of Jamia Milia students, it was by mistake. I was scrolling and accidentally it must have been pressed and when I realised I immediately unliked it as In no way do I support such acts.

— Akshay Kumar (@akshaykumar) December 16, 2019

Jamia Millia Islamia, the prestigious Central University, became the epicentre of Delhi Police’s brutal crackdown against Citizenship Act protesters on Sunday. While situation remains calm-yet-tense in this posh south Delhi locality, the police action has triggered massive protests by students across India. From Kolkata’s Jadavpur University to Hyderabad’s Maulana Azad National Urdu University, students have begun their agitation against the authorities

According to reports, protesters had torched four public buses and two police vehicles as they clashed with the police in New Friends Colony, near JMI, leaving nearly 60 people including students, cops and fire fighters injured. A Jamia students' body, however, claimed they had nothing to do with the arson.