Akshay Kumar praises 19-year-old girl from Andheri

New Delhi: Bollywood star Akshay Kumar recently took to twitter and praised a 19-year-old girl from Andheri who displayed immense courage while tackling her molester.

As per mid-day.com, Shreya Naik (a member of Women's Self Defence Centre) was returning home from work place when a guy suddenly pounced on her and tried to snatch her phone. In no time, Shreya exercised all the knowledge that she gained from WSDC and singlehandedly took down her attacker.

The report further states that she even made sure that the guy gets arrested.

“Aaditya Thackeray and I are super proud of Shreya Naik, a 19 year old enrolled in our Women's Self Defence Centre who single-handedly tackled and got her molester arrested!” Akki wrote on social media.

He added, “Exactly the reason why we started these classes. You go girl!”

WSDC was started by the 48-year-old actor along with Shiv Sena's youth wing head to teach women the art of self-protection after the tragic Nirbhaya incident.