A resident in Puri, eastern India, caught a large Burmese python after casting his net in a rice field to catch some fish on July 27.

When pulling his net back in, Balaram Sahu noticed the snake had become entangled.

He called Snake Helpline for assistance and Nihar Ranjan arrived to cut free the reptile.

Ranjan patiently removed the net from around the 8-foot-long snake's body.

Subhendu Mallik, General Secretary of Snake Helpline, said: "We have rescued at least 10 Burmese pythons from that area in the last 10 years, all of which were trapped by the fishing net. As the python did not have any injury we have advised the forest officials to release it in a nearby swamp."

The snake was released back into the wild.

Balaram Sahu, a resident of a village near Puri in eastern India, had set a fishing net in his flooded rice field to catch fish that had come along with the rain water.

On July 27, when he went to check on his catch, instead of fish he found a massive python in the net. The fine strings of the net had tightened around the snake’s head turning it into a fur ball.

The brave man dragged the fishing net along with the python to his village.

He called Snake Helpline for help and a volunteer, Nihar Ranjan Panda, went to the village and identified the snake as a 8-feet-long Burmese Python.

With the help of a villager, Nihar patiently cut the strings that had trapped the python. He then handed it over to a local forest officer.

The snake will be released in its natural habitat tonight.

Subhendu Mallik, General Secretary of Snake Helpline, said: "We have rescued at least 10 Burmese Pythons from that area in the last 10 years, all of which were trapped by the fishing net. As the python did not have any injury we have advised the forest officials to release it in a nearby swamp."