EastEnders star Nitin Ganatra's family corner shop attacked by racist thugs

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EastEnders favourite Nitin Ganatra has opened up about his family being targeted by thugs over the years at his family’s corner shop.

The BBC soap star, 54, has recently spoken out about his family’s corner shop “being targeted a lot” when he was growing up.The actor played popular character Masood Ahmed for over ten years on EastEnders, from 2007 until he left the popular soap in 2019.

Nitin chatted openly on the Made in the Midlands podcast. He revealed: “Growing up was hard. We had a corner shop that was targeted a lot." In the chat he described his family as “taking it in their stride” as they thought: “’This is how people behave in this country.’” Get exclusive celebrity stories and fabulous photoshoots straight to your inbox with OK!'s daily newsletter.

You can sign up at the top of the page.The attacks, the actor said, were not just years ago and that the family shop has even been in the target for thugs recently.