Officials trapped it in a net and tranquilised it before ferrying it off to the National Zoological Park. However, this was not before some drama whereby a drunk enthusiast jumped into the toilet's boundary wall, on Shaheed Budhram Singh Marg, and was horned and injured by the frightened animal. Meanwhile, excited villagers clicked selfies with the deer, obviously not seen in this part of the world. Wildlife experts said they were surprised as there is no forest patch nearby, unlike in the case of the leopard which is believed to have arrived at YBP from Kalesar National Park in Haryana, 200 km away.

Dallupura, however, is not just located in the heart of the crowded city - surrounded by Vasundhara Enclave and the Ring Road - it has no link with any sanctuary. Scientist-in-charge of the Yamuna Biodiversity Park (YBP) in Wazirabad, which is currently hosting Delhi's first resident leopard, said, "The nearest green patch to Dallupura would be Greater Noida's Surajpur park. However, the park has only neelgais." Apparently, sambars are a favourite meal of crocodiles, tigers and leopards. They are nocturnal and congregate near water in herds of three or four, and are good swimmers. Sambars do not belong to the Delhi-NCR region and are a vulnerable species. One was spotted at the Buddha Jayanti Park in Chanakyapuri in February this year, reportedly the first sighting in 20 years here.