PARIS - Bollywood actress Mallika Sherawat was punched in the face and sprayed with tear gas by masked attackers in an upmarket area of Paris, police said Thursday. Bollywood actress Mallika Sherawat arrives for the opening ceremony of the 69th Cannes Film Festival in May 2016The 40-year-old star and her partner were attacked by three masked men who tried to steal her handbag. However, investigators said they were mystified that although the attackers had tried to take Sherawat's handbag, they had fled empty-handed. "We cannot understand why the attackers fled without taking anything," a source in the investigation told AFP. She is well-known for her role in the film "Murder" and also starred in Jackie Chan's "The Myth" in 2005.

Source: Bangkok Post November 17, 2016 15:49 UTC