NEW DELHI: The Editors Guild of India on Tuesday expressed serious concern over the physical attacks on journalists who were covering the violence in northeast Delhi A journalist with JK 24X7 news received a bullet injury and two reporters from NDTV were beaten and punched by rioters in northeast Delhi on Tuesday.Saying that journalists were hospitalised, the guild said that the attacks are tantamount to direct assault on press freedom.In a statement, the Editors Guild of India said, "Those guilty of having indulged in such violence must be brought to book."The guild urged the Delhi Police to take necessary steps to provide protection to journalists and prevent any such attack in the future."The guild requests the Home Ministry, under which Delhi Police functions, to investigate these incidents and punish the guilty," it said.Many other journalists took to social media to share tales of how they were heckled and some alleged they were questioned about their religious identity.On Monday, too, reporters had a tough time covering the violence with many of them threatened and heckled.The death toll in the violence in northeast Delhi has climbed to 22.