Strictly star reveals harrowing details of domestic violence for the first time in heartbreaking post

A STRICTLY Come Dancing prima has opened up astir harrowing details of home unit successful her beingness for the archetypal time.

The celebrated look took to the prestigious BBC creation floor during past year's series.

TV and radio presenter Nikita Kanda, 29, became the presenter of the Asian Network Breakfast in July 2022.

Partnered with Gorka Marquez, the brace were the 2nd mates to permission Strictly successful 2023.

Taking to Instagram, Nikita revealed the trauma she faced aft experiencing home unit successful her past.

She wrote: "Sharing thing rather idiosyncratic connected present today.

"It's thing I've kept retired of the nationalist oculus and adjacent distant from astir radical that cognize me, friends, colleagues and followers.

"But I consciousness a consciousness of work to usage my level and usage thing antagonistic that happened successful my beingness for hopefully a affirmative change.

"There is simply a large emergence of unit against women and girls successful this country which needs to conscionable simply STOP!

"2-3 women a week are dying due to the fact that of this!"

Nikita added: "This whitethorn beryllium a daze to galore of you, but I grew up successful a precise convulsive situation and experienced a immense magnitude of maltreatment physically and mentally for years.

"The trauma of watching the maltreatment hap severely to my unthinkable mum and past experiencing it myself is thing I ne'er thought I would get through.

"It's thing that changes you forever, however you presumption the satellite and doesn't ever permission you nary substance however overmuch you effort to forget."

Continuing, the presenter said: "I ne'er privation immoderate woman, kid oregon parent to acquisition what we person arsenic a family.

"In the Asian community, we're taught not to speech astir these topics, expanse it nether the rug and fell it.

"But I anticipation we tin commencement speaking much freely, stamping retired immoderate judgement and conscionable making definite women are safe.

Nikita encouraged her followers to look into home unit charity Refuge.

The organisation provides specializer enactment for women and children experiencing home violence. 

She concluded: "You are not unsocial and I recognize you.

"Thank you for listening."

One follower penned: "So brave for sharing - sending my emotion to you and your household always."

Another added: "So brave for sharing your communicative Nikita! And I americium definite this volition assistance loads of others talk up. Sending loads of love."