A black cobra was rescued from a government office building in central India's Madhya Pradesh on March 20 by a snake catcher.

The incident took place in the Finance Department of the Ministry of Defence building in Sagar. A video shows the snake expert Akeel Baba arriving to conduct his rescue operation during the daytime.

Baba can be seen entering the office, where a person tells him the location of the reptile hiding underneath a shelf. The 5-foot-long black cobra took two hours to rescue.

The cobra was caught using a snake stick and taken outside before being put into a container for transport.

A serpent expert rescued a black cobra from the Finance Department of the Ministry of Defence in central India's Madhya Pradesh on March 20. The incident took place in Sagar.

A video features the serpent expert arriving on the spot to conduct his rescue operation during the daytime. Following this, he enters the office, where a person tells him the location of the reptile. After this, the expert bends and peeks underneath a shelf to nab the snake with the help of a stick. Moreover, he manages to grab the creature by its tail and pulls it out of the office, and takes it out in open. After a while, he uses the stick and catches the reptile, and confines it inside a container, while others behold the occurrence.

Panic ensued amid the staff after they discovered a black cobra in their office. Following this, the serpent expert, identified as Akeel Baba, rushed to the spot and rescued the five feet tall black cobra after two hours of rigorous effort. Furthermore, the snake slithered its way into the office as it was located in a mountainous region.