Mumbai, April 20: A security guard was attacked and dragged away by a lion inside the Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP) here today, police said.
The incident occurred when the guard, Harish Gimbal, 40, was closing the gates of Lion Safari inside the sprawling park in suburban Borivali. A lion pounced on him and dragged him into the dense bushes of the park, Senior Inspector R R Thakur said.
“We are searching for Gimbal in the forest area and moving towards the direction in which he was taken by the lion,” he said.
The Lion Safari is a 20-minute ride through a 29.65 acre fenced forest area in the park. There are about 25 lions which visitors can see up close from inside the caged buses provided by the park.
The SGNP (formerly Borivali National Park) encompasses an area of 104 sq km and is surrounded on three sides by the city.
–Agencies