The Mallika Sherawat incident happened last Friday night when, French businessman lover Cyrille Auxenfans, arrived at her residential building in the upmarket 16th arrondissement of Paris at around 9:30 pm. The intruders were wearing scarves to hide their faces. They sprayed tear gas on Sherawat and her lover and then began beating them up. The intruders then ran away allowing the victims to recover and call the emergency services.
A criminal investigation has been launched, with detectives working on the theory that the assailants were attempting a robbery. Officials said both suffered minor injuries, and investigators were trying to uncover the motive for the attack after it emerged that no items were stolen. Sherawat has barely escaped similar incidents in the past in India.
