A forest department official was bitten by a venomous krait snake while trying to rescue the reptile in northern India's Uttarakhand.<br /><br />According to local reports, late in the evening, DFO of Dehradun Forest Division, Rajiv Dhiman, received a call that a snake was stuck inside a car.<br /><br />A team of officials led by Ravi Joshi and Jitendra Bhatt reached Prem Nagar to rescue the poisonous reptile.<br /><br />Tense footage from Prem Nagar in Dehradun City on September 17 shows one of the rescue officials using a snake catcher stick to pull the reptile out from beneath the car.<br /><br />In the process, Jitendra Bhatt gets bitten on his right hand. <br /><br />Local sources suggest that Jitendra Bhatt was rushed to the hospital in 15 minutes and is currently out of danger.
