The tall grass and shrubs surrounding the adivasi padas in Aarey Milk Colony area often camouflages sleeping or low-lying leopards, exposing passersby to surprise attacks.

Last Friday, 12-year-old Prakash Salunkhe, a resident of Adarsh Nagar, was killed in a leopard attack while he was returning home from school. This incident, too, took place in an area where the foliage was thick and overgrown.