<p>A fully-grown <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/mumbai-leopard-attends-day-school-in-the-night-caught-bunking-in-toilet-23233587" rel="none">leopard</a> strayed into a residential area of Nashik city in Maharashtra on Saturday morning and was rescued after a three-hour long operation, police said.</p>
<p>The <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/mumbai-timely-intervention-good-care-by-sanjay-gandhi-national-park-team-gives-a-new-lease-of-life-to-leopard-23231933" rel="none">leopard</a> was spotted in Satpur area around 7 am, they said.</p>
<p>"The animal was found in the loft of a bathroom in the premises of a bungalow owned by one Vikas Kale in Rajya Karmchari Vasahat at Ashoknagar in Satpur. On seeing the <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/leopard-cub-rescued-from-illegal-captivity-gets-rare-blood-transfusion-23231807" rel="none">leopard</a>, Kale immediately informed his neighbour, who contacted the forest department officials," a police official said.</p>
<p>The teams of forest department and police reached the spot and launched a rescue operation.</p>
<p>The leopard was finally tranquilised and rescued around 11 am, sources said, adding that heavy police force was deployed in the area during the rescue operation.</p>
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The leopard was tranquilised and rescued around 11 am, sources said, adding that heavy police force was deployed in the area during the rescue operation

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