Maithon, July 9 -- A Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) Head Constable has rescued seven cobra snakes from a Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) residential quarter in Maithon, Jharkhand, ensuring the safety of the residents, the CISF said on Thursday.

According to the CISF, Head Constable (HC) / Fire Chandra Kumar Shukla of the CISF Unit at DVC Maithon carried out the rescue operation.

All seven cobras were rescued and later released into their natural habitat, it said in a X post on Thursday.

Earlier, on June 27, in Odisha's Mayurbhanj, in a significant wildlife rescue operation, at least 30 baby cobras were safely rescued from beneath a wood-apple tree near a residence and later released into a nearby forest by a snake rescue tea...