The python that was killed by mistake at Vartak Nagar in Thane West

An operation to rescue a python from a tree in Thane went tragically awry when the authorities ended up killing the snake instead. Activists have blamed the authorities for negligence, saying the rescuers they had roped in were inexperienced. The python was found coiled on a branch of a tree at Appa Saheb Pawar Udyan, at Vartak Nagar in Thane West. Aditiya Patil, President of the Wild Life Welfare Association of Thane said he received a call from locals around 3.20 pm about a large python stuck on a tree.