The Forest personnel of Rajnagar range rescued a six-foot-long rock python from Bantapatana village under Chandan Nagar gram panchayat under Pattamundai block.
According to forest official sources, one Bijay Kumar Mallick, a resident of Bantapatana village while catching fish in a net in his pond on Wednesday stumbled upon a six-foot-long python trapped in his fishing net.
Soon, he informed the forest personnel of Rajnagar about the snake.A forest team rushed to the spot and rescued the viper from the possession of Mallick. later, the python was released at the Barunei forest of Bhitarkanika.
In yet another incident, as many as four rat snakes, which were about 6-7 feet long, were entangled in fishing nets
of a local near Sandhapalli village while the person was catching fish on Thursday.