A senior journalist and his friend were assaulted by four to five unidentified people at Kharghar yesterday afternoon. They have been hospitalised and the Kharghar police are investigating the matter.

According to the police, the incident took place between 12:30 pm and 1pm, when Sudhir Suryawanshi, who works with an English broadsheet, and his friend Santosh Khatate, had gone to Kharghar for some work.