Leopard spotted in the Aarey grassland. File Pic / Prabhu Swami

The Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation (MMRC) has been lying and now, its own contractor has exposed it. Nearly a week after Shiv Sena shakhapramukh Sandip Gadhave revealed that an MMRC contractor at the Metro III car shed site in Aarey had secured an illegal power connection for his container cabin, Aarey Milk Colony's CEO Nathu Rathod admitted that the electricity supply was given as a security measure due to "leopard activity in the area".