One day after senior citizen Khurshed Mistry was bitten by a cobra in Godrej Baug on May 17, 2019, the Godrej Baug Residents Welfare Association (GBRWA) put out an advisory consisting of dos and don’ts. The note cautions all residents to be extra alert while walking in the Baug, and to be watchful before stepping into garages or out of cars. While the notice highlights the need to 
keep garages and common areas free from debris, telephone numbers of snake catchers have been circulated.
A Godrej Baug resident told Parsiana that while she had not seen any cobras in the colony earlier, it was not uncommon to see reptiles on and around the pathway that connects the Baug to Doongerwadi. This pathway passes through the green cover of the 55-acre Tower of Silence property.
Mistry was bitten when he noticed the reptile in the parking lot of the Baug and tried to grab it by its neck with the help of others. Later he was taken to The B. D. Petit Parsee General Hospital by another Baug resident Tehmtan Dumasia, according to social media reports. The Hospital’s registrar Dr Ashish Khandelwal told mid-day (dated May 22) that Mistry was "conscious and alert” when he reached, but threw up and collapsed later. GBRWA honorary general secretary Shahrukh Bilimoria told Parsiana on May 24 that Mistry was out of the intensive care unit, but not discharged from the Hospital as he was having breathing difficulties.