Surgeons in India have managed to remove an arrow from the head of an 11-year-old boy after he was hit during archery training.

Ritvik Ankush Tarte, from Ahmednagar, in Maharashtra, Western India, was taking part in school archery practice when he stepped into the ‘No Entry Zone’ and was hit by a flying arrow.

The arrow pierced the schoolboy's skull from the right and exited on the other side.

Ritvik Ankush Tarte (pictured), from Ahmednagar, in Maharashtra, Western India, was taking part in school archery practice when he stepped into the ‘No Entry Zone’ and was hit by a flying arrow

Teachers at Trimurti Pavan Pratisthan Shaikshnik Sankul school rushed him to Manik Hospital and Research Centre, in Ahmednagar after the arrow went through his skull

Neurosurgeon Dr Jeevan Rajput performed a craniotomy in a three-hour operation to remove the arrow

Teachers at Trimurti Pavan Pratisthan Shaikshnik Sankul school rushed him to Manik Hospital and Research Centre, in Ahmednagar, where neurosurgeon Dr Jeevan Rajput performed a craniotomy in a three-hour operation to remove the arrow.

Dr Jeevan Rajput said: ‘After we got the consent from his school teachers he was operated on an emergency basis.

'A CT scan of the brain showed the exact position of the arrow and so we were able to open up the skull on both sides.

'The arrow pierced the skull on the right side in the right perianal region and exited on the left side through the parenchyma, which is the frontal lobe and in very close proximity to all-important structures. We removed the arrow and debris successfully from the brain tissue with an endoscope.

The arrow pierced the skull on the right side in the right perianal region and exited on the left side - surgeons operated by opening up the skull on both sides

The arrow pierced the schoolboy's skull from the right and exited on the other side as shown ub a CT scan of the brain

‘Since his post-operative recovery showed good signs, there is hope that he would not have any neurological deficiency or memory or personality problems.’

Father Ankush Babban Tarte, 40, and mother Ashwini, 35, rushed to his side as soon as they heard.

Ankush said: 'The journey to the hospital was very tense, we were very worried. His mother is still tense. He loves archery, we never expected this to happen.

'We are just hoping that there will be no complications in the future. He is fine now other than a little pain in his head which we hope will subside as the injury heals.'