Crocodile wanders into Bhandup water treatment plant, rescued after 5 hour operation

A policemen patrolling inside the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s largest water treatment plant complex in Bhandup, suburban Mumbai, stumbled upon an unusual visitor at 2 am on Wednesday, an 11-foot female crocodile, reports the Indian Express . [caption id=“attachment_1652171” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] Representational image. AFP.[/caption] A five-hour-long rescue operation soon ensued, in order to make sure that the reptile did not reach the residential areas in the nearby area, reports the DNA . “It is possible that the crocodile had lost its way,” said Pawan Sharma, president of Resqink Association For Wildlife Welfare (RAWW), an animal welfare organization, in an interview with the Times of India . He also added that some slight injury marks were spotted on its scales, suggesting that the crocodile could have been trapped in a fishing net from which it could have managed to wriggle out. “But nothing is clear yet,” he said. After three attempts, the reptile was overpowered and captured by RAWW officers, who tied up its jaws and feet. The crocodile was then inspected by Thane SPCA vets and released in the afternoon in Tulsi Lake in the Sanjay Gandhi National Park, reports Mumbai Mirror .