Coronation Street actor Marc Anwar
has been sacked for allegedly posting tweets about Indians which ITV
said were "racially offensive".
ITV said the Pakistan-born actor, 45, who joined the soap as Sharif Nazir in February 2014, would not be returning to the show "with immediate effect".
Screenshots of messages posted on his private Twitter account appear to hit out at Indians over Kashmir.
They include offensive language used to refer to Indian people.
'Deeply shocked'
The screenshots, posted first by the Sunday Mirror, also call for Pakistani actors to stop working in the country.The alleged comments come after the Indian army said it killed a militant in a gunfight in the disputed region of Kashmir, which is claimed by both India and Pakistan.
