A drunk man reportedly entered a lion enclosure in Nehru Zoo Park in Hyderabad.
Mukesh Kumar was visiting the zoo with his friends when he spotted the lion exhibit and then decided to take a dip and jumped down 12ft below the viewing platform.
Onlookers started screaming as the 35-year-old man waded across the chest high waters towards the large animals waiting for him at the water's edge.
The animal keepers tried to tell him to stay put but he wouldn’t listen as he was heard singing: "Please come to me my darling.
The lions seemed uninterested and started to walk away.
He was later arrested and handed to Bahadurpura Police where he was charged under various sections of the Wildlife Protection Act.