Delhi journalist attacked brutall , got serious brain injuries !!!

(Pi Bureau)

 

A 45-year-old freelance journalist out for an evening walk in a public park in northwest Delhi’s Ashok Vihar is battling for life after being attacked by an unidentified person on Wednesday.

 

Aparna Kalra, the journalist, was admitted to Fortis Hospital with multiple brain injuries. She gained consciousness briefly on Tuesday night to tell the police she was attacked, but fell unconscious soon after.

 

The journalist’s uncle, HC Bhatia, told that doctors have gone through a surgery, but have said that the attack left some parts of her skull missing. “She is critical as she has received multiple injuries to her brain nerves,” said Bhatia.

 

Police had registered a case of attempt to murder, but were clueless about the identity of the attacker. “We have no eyewitnesses of this attack. We were informed about a woman lying unconscious in the park by a visitor. But the caller had not witnessed the attack,” said Milind Dumbre, DCP (North-West).

 

Kalra worked with the mainstream newspapers in the past before taking up freelance journalism. She lives with her family in Pocket-C of Ashok Vihar Phase 3 in Delhi.

 

 

She was found unconscious in the park and bleeding from her head and nose. Given the severe injuries she had received, Kalra was referred to Fortis Hospital.

 

Even the family members are clueless about the motive for the attack that was possibly carried out with an iron rod or a similar object. “She is a brave woman, but we are not aware of her enmity with anyone,” said Bhatia.

 

The family members initially believed that loot may be the sole reason for this attack but then, she wasn’t carrying any valuable items not even her cell phone.

 

The park where she was attacked is a popular destination for morning and evening walkers. Kalra’s family said there were many visitors in the park at the time of the attack, but no one has come forward as an eyewitness. According to the police, at least four fatal attacks have been reported from public parks in north and northwest Delhi in the last two years.