It was an evening like any other for residents of Ganeshpada in Mulund Colony, till an unusual guest added much excitement to the fading day by showing up unannounced in their drainage system. A six-foot crocodile it was, in one of the nullahs in their backyard, and a team from the Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP) had to be called in to rescue the reptile.

A man lassoes the reptile; an SGNP team with the creature. Pics/Sameer Markande