Indian police said on Tuesday in New Delhi that a parrot accused of hurling abuses at an elderly woman has been summoned.
Local Police Chief, P.S. Dongre, confirmed that the parrot was summoned by the police after carrying out a test to check whether the bird was guilty of bad behaviour.
He said the bird was summoned following a complaint by one Janabai Sakharkar, 75, of a village in the western state of Maharashtra.
According to him, Sakharkar had complained that her neighbour had tutored his caged pet called “Hariyal” to utter obscenities whenever she passed by his house.
Dongre said the complainant also accused her step-son, with whom she had a property dispute, of colluding with the neighbour, following which all three, including the parrot, were summoned to the police station.
He said the parrot seemed to have become self-conscious with all the attention from the police and kept mum when confronted by the complainant.
“The woman repeated her name to the parrot as its cage was brought near her, but the bird would not say a word,” he said.
The officer disclosed that the parrot had been handed over to the forest department for release into wild life.
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Wetin person no go hear? A parrot, summoned by the Police? Hmmm
ReplyDeleteWonderful!! Can they also be held for animal abuse.
ReplyDeleteOn the other hand, if the animal is found guilty, what next?
This is injustice! The parrot owner should sue the police to court. The experimented to confirm if the parrot will insult the woman and it didn't according to the story. So on what premise is it going to be sent to wild life which the bird is no longer used to?
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