In an extremely challenging operation that lasted 24 days, the Thane forest department and Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP) leopard rescue team, among others, on Wednesday trapped a leopardess, C57, that is suspected to have attacked people at Aarey Milk Colony.

On October 24, 16-month-old Eitika Lot lost her life after she was picked up by a leopard at around 6 am. The child had followed her mother, who had left her home to light a diya in a nearby temple, which abuts a jungle.