In an unfortunate incident, a leopard was spotted with its head stuck inside a plastic container near Badlapur in the Thane district. Over 50 forest department officers, including the leopard rescue team from Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP), were stationed in the area for the rescue. The animal was spotted and tranquilised after 28 hours.

On Sunday, a family from Vangani had visited a resort near Goregaon, between Vangani and Badlapur. On their way home, a girl from the family spotted the leopard with a plastic container stuck surrounding its neck. Soon after the video of the leopard taken by the girl went viral on local WhatsApp groups, the forest department started their search operations.