The ornery ornithological specimen stands accused of hurling a slew of obscenities.
By Raif Karerat
Relationships between in-laws can admittedly be tempestuous in some cases, but in the instance of one family in India, even their house pet had some vitriol to add to the situation. A parrot has reportedly been taken into custody after it swore at an 85-year-old woman.
Janabai Sakharkar, of Maharashtra, India, claimed Hariyal the parrot spat abuse at her whenever she passed by the house of her stepson, Suresh. The woman felt her stepson had trained the parrot to hurl obscenities at her.
“I am being harassed for the last two years,” Janabai told Zee News. “On seeing me, the parrot uses bad language and foul words.
According to India Times, the complaint had police officers “rolling on the floors in laughter,” but it did not prevent them from giving the heavy-hitting case the due seriousness it deserved, and all of the involved parties were called to the station, including the parrot.
However, the alleged spitfire of a house pet remained silent while in police custody and failed to utter any obscenities at Janabai in front of the assumedly disappointed officers.
“There is a dispute over land and property between the woman and her stepson. We watched the parrot carefully but it did not utter a word at the police station after being confronted by the complainant,” the local Police Inspector told reporters.
The matter has now been passed from police to forest department officials, who have been handed custody of the offending fowl for “rehabilitation,” while the incarcerated bird can be inferred to have declined to offer any sort of statement regarding the matter.