Delhi Police has identified a 22-year-old youth who was planning to sexually assault the 45-year-old freelance journalist Aparna Kalra at a park in Delhi where she was brutally attacked.

According to reports, three youths were drinking at a popular park in Ashok Vihar to which Kalra objected.

What followed was a brutal attack on her with stones leading to serious injuries on her head.

Kalra was taken to Fortis Hospital where she underwent an emergency cranial surgery as she was bleeding profusely from the scalp.

"A CT scan was conducted which showed multiple fracture, huge blood clot in her scalp, which could have proved fatal. A part of her scalp had to be removed. She is currently stable and still in the ICU as cranial surgery cases need to bemonitored," her doctor told PTI.