More than a month after it was trapped in a cage at Aarey Milk Colony, a female leopard, identified by forest officials as C33, has been radio-collared and released back into the wild, said officials. The animal is a sibling of now-captured big cat C32 that was suspected to be behind a series of attacks on locals since August 31. 

Sunil Limaye, principal chief conservator of forest-wildlife said, “Dr Bilal Habib’s team from Wildlife Institute of India long with the support of SGNP [Sanjay Gandhi National Park] administration have successfully radio-collared the female leopard C33 after which it has been successfully released back into its natural habitat on Tuesday.”