MUMBAI
Akshay Kumar on Monday distanced himself from a post on Twitter that made fun of Delhi police's crackdown on the students of Jamia Milia after their protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act.
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Akshay said he had accidentally liked the tweet with the caption, "Badhai Ho... Jamia me Azaadi mili hai". The user had posted a video of showing students running away from police personnel.
"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 realized I immediately unliked it as in no way do I support such acts," the superstar said.
After his response, #CanadianKumar started trending on Twitter with many criticizing the actor for liking the tweet that praised police crackdown on students. The police had entered the Jamia Millia Islamia University, where a protest against the amended Citizenship Act, spiraled out of control on Sunday evening.
Forty people, including students, policemen and firemen were injured as violence erupted during the protest.
