Animal Rescue Society officials in Maharashtra, India, were forced to break part of a wall to rescue a 20-foot-long python that became trapped.

An adult python tried to enter a home in Ahmednagar through a drainage pipe and got badly trapped on October 5.

Akash Jadhav and his team noticed that the massive python had managed to put its upper limb through the pipe but its bulkier stomach area was unable to pass through.

Footage shows a local resident breaking the wall around the pipe to widen the hole around the python, which then slithers out.

Jadhav said: "The python was aggressive and kept swiping at us. We made sure it did not suffer any injuries during the rescue."

The reptile was later released in the wild.

An adult python tried to enter a home through a drainage pipe and got badly trapped on October 5.

The owner of the house in a village, near Ahmednagar in western India, called Animal Rescue Society for help.

Akash Jadhav and team saw that the massive 20-feet-long python had managed to put its upper limb through the pipe. But its bulkier stomach area was unable to pass through and the pipe had effectively trapped the python.

Half the python was inside the compound of the house and the other half was on the street.

Rescuers found that the python was so badly trapped they could not pull it out with hands. They called a local resident to break the area around the pipe and widen the hole around the python, which then slithered out. It was later released in the wild.

Akash said: "The python was aggressive and kept swiping at us. We took care to ensure it did not suffer any injury during the rescue."