After incidents of human-animal conflict in Nashik in which four people lost their lives and few others were injured, four leopards have been captured from the area and brought to the Sanjay Gandhi National Park. Sources from the Forest Department told mid-day that a male leopard suspected of attacking people is yet to be captured.

In the past, mid-day had reported on how five people had died in leopard attacks and two seriously injured in Nashik East near Darna river.