India, Nov. 13 -- A male leopard aged between four and six years was found dead in the Aarey Colony on Thursday morning, with officials suspecting that it may have been killed in a territorial fight with another leopard.

Local residents spotted the injured leopard in a deserted area behind Aarey Hospital on Thursday morning and alerted the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), which contacted the control room at the nearby Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP) around 10.15 am. A rescue team was subsequently dispatched to the spot, officials said.

"While the leopard was alive at the time the residents spotted it, by the time the forest team reached the spot, it was dead," said range forest officer SD Dagale.

An initial inspection sugge...