A rat snake was injured after getting trapped in a finger ring at Charchika Sahi of Banki in Cuttack district.
The snake was taken to the Veterinary Science College of the OUAT in Bhubaneswar to get it freed from the ring.
According to reports, the three-feet-long rat snake had entered into a house of one Raja Mohapatra. After spotting the snake, the panicked family members had informed the Snake Helpline.
A helpline member reached the spot and rescued the snake. During the rescue operation, the snake catcher found injuries in its body caused due to a finger ring. The snake was injured after its tail portion got trapped in the metal ring.
The Snake Helpline member took the retile to the OUAT to save it by chopping the ring off without hurting it.
