India, April 8 -- The third leopard sighting in a month in a Malad east housing society - this one in the wee hours on Tuesday - has prompted forest officers to install a trap, even as residents ponder long-term safety measures.

Tuesday's sighting at Raheja Heights, home to around 1,000 residents, was captured on CCTV, just as the earlier ones were. Cameras recorded a leopard strolling in the parking lot at around 3am. Earlier sightings were on March 17 and 18.

To trap the leopard - residents suspect the animal has been using an adjacent public park as an entry point to their complex - forest officers have placed a cage in the adjoining Sheela Raheja Public Park with a goat as bait. The goat is in a cage within a larger cage, say forest...