The Swanpna Nagri area in the Mulund (west) made news again as a leopard sleeping in the basement of National Education Society (NES) school was allegedly spotted by a construction worker on Saturday morning.

A Forest Department team, headed by Deepak Sawant, assistant conservator of forest, Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP), rushed to the spot at around 12.30 pm and a search operation was conduced by the officials till 5.30 pm. They, however, failed to spot the leopard. As a precautionary measure, a cage has been set up in the basement of the school so that the leopard can be safely rescued and released into the forest.