A journalist with a Mumbai-based English newspaper was attacked in the adjoining Navi Mumbai today.

Sudhir Suryawanshi, who works with DNA, and his friend Santosh Fatate were attacked by 4 to 5 persons in Kharghar area, police said.

“The assailants punctured the tyres of Fatate’s Swift car in which both had come from Panvel. After the attack the assailants fled from the spot on motorcycles,” said Hemant Nagrale, Navi Mumbai Police Commissioner.

Suryawanshi and Fatate were admitted to the Medicity hospital at Kharghar.