A parrot in India's western state of Maharashtra was summoned and then detained by police after an elderly woman filed a complaint against him for making obscene remarks at her.
Janabai, who is in her 80s, filed a complaint with police in Rajura city of Chandrapur district, saying the parrot has been tutored by its owner to shower abuses at her whenever she passed by his house.
The parrot, Hariyal, is owned by Janabai's stepson Suresh and a complaint was also registered against him.
The mother and the son are living separately due to a property dispute.
"I am being harassed for the last two years. On seeing me the parrot uses bad language and foul words. That is why I have complained three times in the last two years. Police called me, Suresh and the parrot to the police station. Police should investigate and seize the parrot," said Janabai.
The police had called the agitated woman, her son and the parrot to the police station to verify the complaint.
However, the police said the parrot did not utter a word when his cage was brought near Janabai at the police station.
As there is no law to imprison a parrot, the police officials later handed it over to the forest department officials.
