First Kim Kardashian, now Sherawat. Paris getting a bad reputation.
In a shocking incident, Bollywood actress Mallika Sherawat and her boyfriend were attacked by some unknown assaulters at her Paris apartment block. According to French newspaper Le Parisien, the actress was beaten up and tear gassed by three masked intruders.
According to the report, the assaulters sprayed their victims with tear gas before punching them without saying a word. The actress immediately called the police after the intruders left her apartment. The investigators are suspect a robbery attempt.
“The attackers then ran away, leaving a shocked Ms. Sherawat and her friend to call the emergency services. A criminal investigation has been launched, with detectives working on the theory that the assailants were attempting a robbery,” said the report.
The incident happened when Sherawat along with an unidentified boyfriend arrived at her residential building in the chic 16th arrondissement of Paris at 9.40pm on Friday last week.
Sherawat has appeared in many Bollywood films like Murder, Pyaar Ke Side Effects, Aap Ka Suroor – The Real Love Story, Welcome, and Dirty Politics. She is one of the few Bollywood actresses who has appeared in Hollywood with films like Hisss and Politics of Love.
Earlier, Sherawat had said that she was dating Paris-based real estate businessman Cyrille Auxenfans. The model-turned-actress was married earlier to Delhi-based pilot Karan Singh Gill. But that relationship didn’t last long.
Last month, US TV star Kim Kardashian was tied up and robbed at gunpoint in France. Millions of Dollars worth jewelry was robbed by the gang.