BBC Asian Network star Nikita Kanda, who starred in the latest series of the dancing show, called police after seemingly being targeted at random in London.

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The shaken star, 28, wrote on Instagram this evening: “Today something really scary happened and I feel the need to share it.

“After finishing my show today I was walking underground at Oxford Circus station minding my own business looking at my phone and a random guy decided to hit me in the face for no reason at all and laughed about it.

I’m in utter shock that someone could do this. I’ve lived in London my whole life and something like this has never happened.”

Nikita, who was partnered with Gorka Marquez on Strictly and eliminated second, continued: “I would like to think I’m very street wise and always aware of my surroundings. Luckily, I’m not hurt, the big sunglasses I wear actually protected my face in some way.

“It’s just absolutely disgusting that someone can do this in broad daylight and what was even more sad no one around me cared or batted an eye lid that someone just hit me in public.

“The police are dealing with it and taking it very seriously but I thought it was important to share if you are walking alone or if you travel alone a lot like I do just to be careful.

“There are some very nasty people out there and this has just opened my eyes and shook me up tbh. What kind of world do we live in.”