A young elephant was rescued from an agricultural well in eastern India on Monday 14 February.

Straying from its herd, the one-and-a-half-year-old elephant fell into the barrier-less well in Lalgarh Village, in West Medinipur District of West Bengal.

Video shows the jumbo struggling inside the well, stuck in the compact space while a large crowd of onlookers gathers around.

Later, the elephant rescuers arrive, equipped with an excavator. They dig out a section of the land adjacent to the well, following which they bathe the pachyderm by spraying water on it once it comes out.

The elephant's herd had strayed away from its corridor when it fell into the dried-up farm well.

Out with its herd, a one-and-a-half-year-old elephant fell into a barrier-less agricultural well in eastern India's West Bengal on February 14. The incident took place in Lalgarh Village, located in the Binpur Block of the West Medinipur District.

Visuals feature the jumbo struggling inside the well. It remains stuck in the compact space while a large crowd of onlookers gathers around. Later, the elephant rescuers arrive at the spot, equipped with a JCB. They dig out a section of the land adjacent to the well, following which they bathe the pachyderm by spraying water on it once it comes out.

The elephant strayed away from its corridor with its herd and was passing by the region when it fell into the dried-up farm well. Following this, the forest officials from the Medinipur range reached the spot and rescued the jumbo.