Mumbai: Indian actress Mallika Sherawat, who was allegedly "tear-gassed" and beaten up by three masked men in her Paris apartment block, says she is a strong woman and that it takes more than three men to take her down.

Mallika on Friday night took to Instagram, where she shared a photograph with a journalist. 

"It takes more than three masked men to take me down, I am a strong woman. Talking to CNN," she captioned the image. 

It was reported that the 40-year-old was attacked earlier this month by criminals who wore scarves across their faces and without saying a word, sprayed their victims with tear-gas before punching them.