Thirty-five-odd families in a society at Andheri West woke up in the middle of the night to the fright of their lives after one of them spotted a cobra in their house. The snake, a five-foot-long Indian Spectacled Cobra, had apparently been spotted in one of the houses of Sahil Co-operative society on Sunday afternoon as well. But, before the rescuers could reach the spot on Sunday, the snake had escaped through an exit in the bathroom.

Snake rescuer Prabhu Swami catches the cobra last night. Pic/Atul Kamble