Panic hit a college in North India when a civet cat holed itself up in its library on 26 August.

The wild animal strayed from its natural habitat to enter Samrat Prithviraj Chauhan Degree College in Haridwar, Uttarakhand, causing widespread panic amongst students.

Video shows the civet hiding behind the cupboards of the college library while nervous-sounding forestry official rescuers try to capture it.

The creature shows no sign of wanting to come with them however and tries to crawl under another cupboard after being evicted from the first one.

The rescuers have to use several sticks with grabbing mechanisms on the end to pull it out, before putting it in a bag to release into the wild later.

A wildlife creature strayed from its natural habitat and entered a college premise in northern India's Uttarakhand on August 26. The incident took place in Samrat Prithviraj Chauhan Degree College in Haridwar.

Visuals feature the honey badger hiding behind the cupboards of the college library in broad daylight while the rescuers surround it to capture it safely. They further use stick-like objects to get hold of the animal while it tries to get under another shelf out of fear. However, they manage to grab it and confine it inside a bag to release it into the wild.

The honey badger entered the Samrat Prithviraj Chauhan Degree College's library in the Bahadrabad area of Haridwar district, ensuing panic among the students of the college. The incident created chaos while the forest officials were alerted and they rescued the animal from the library.