India, June 15 -- Residents of a Dindoshi Mhada colony, located along the boundary of Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP), woke up to an unwelcome visitor on Friday after a leopard wandered into the housing complex around 1.10 am. The animal prowled the premises for nearly an hour, tried to attack a pet cat, and then retreated into the adjoining forest.

The colony comprises 28 residential buildings and bungalows and houses over 5,000 people. Residents said the animal approached a Persian cat inside the grilled enclosure of a ground-floor flat but fled after a resident raised an alarm.

"It was trying to get at the cat through the grill, I opened the grill and saw the leopard. The moment it saw me, I started shouting, and it ran away," sai...