A member of Maharashtra's Animal Rescue Society was lowered down into a 150-foot-deep well to rescue an aggressive cobra that was stranded.

A farmer called the animal rescuers after spotting the snake stuck at the bottom of the well near Ahmednagar.

Akash Jadhav was lowered into the well on October 1 where he attempted to coax the cobra into a bag but the snake aggressively resisted.

After a short struggle, Jadhav managed to wrestle the snake into the bag and remove it from the well. The cobra was later released into a nearby forest.

Jadhav said: "The snake would have probably starved to death if we had not rescued. It was a tense rescue nevertheless and I am glad it ended well."

This was the chilling moment a highly aggressive cobra almost bit a rescuer inside a 150-feet deep well in India.

A farmer saw a snake inside his well at a village near Ahmednagar and called Animal Rescue Society for help. A rescue team went to the village and Akash Jadhav got down the well with the help of a harness.

The cobra, which had accidentally fallen into the well, had spent several days inside without food. It had become weak and hunger had made it highly aggressive as well, ready to strike at anything that got close.

It had climbed up the water and was resting on a protruding stone. When Akash tried to capture it, the cobra attacked him aggressively and almost bit his leg as he tried to find a better grip while hanging precariously.

As the snake fell into the water and swam away from him, Akash used a long stick to draw it close and then caught it by its tail.

It was put in a bag and later released at a nearby forest.

Akash said: "The snake would have probably starved to death if we had not rescued. It was a tense rescue nevertheless and I am glad it ended well."