Python caught near DLF Emporio

A seven-foot python was caught on Saturday morning from Nelson Mandela Marg opposite DLF Emporio shopping mall.

A seven-foot python was caught on Saturday morning from Nelson Mandela Marg opposite DLF Emporio shopping mall. The reptiles presence in bustling area attracted a large crowd and also paralysed traffic movement on the road,police said.

A Wildlife SOS Helpline team reached the spot,but by then the snake was on top of a compound wall of a building on Nelson Mandela Marg.

Officials said the presence of hundreds of people frightened the snake,which slithered up a tree next to the wall.

After the snake was beyond the reach of the WSOS team,the fire brigade was called to use a ladder to reach for it said Harshad Solanki of Wildlife SOS.

It was caught after a three-hour struggle,during which the python tried attacking the SOS staff twice. The python was restrained and captured safely inside a large cotton bag brought by the wildlife team.

Officials said that it is possible that the large python might have come to the populated area from the neighboring JNU forest.

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