PET PARROT IDENTIFIES MURDERER

Hercule parrot! Indian murderer is caught after victim's pet bird identifies the killer

• Newspaper editor came home to find his wife and dog had been murdered
• Parrot screeched every time he heard the name of dead woman's nephew
• When police brought him for questioning, he confessed to the murders

An Indian journalist managed to catch the person who killed his wife after getting a tip off - from their pet parrot.  Vijay Sharma, the editor of a Hindi daily newspaper in Agra in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, returned home to find both his wife Neelam Sharma, 45, and her pet dog, had been murdered.

 

The only survivor was Hercule the pet parrot, but he had been stunned into silence after witnessing the horrific killings.  The house had also been ransacked and jewellery and cash stolen.  Police had no obvious leads, but that changed when Vijay's nephew Ashutosh visited their house after the murder.

 

Mr Sharma said: 'The parrot that was unusually quiet suddenly started shrieking and flapping around the cage.  It was clearly distressed about something and only calmed down when Ashutosh left.  Then when I spoke to other people, every time I mentioned Ashutosh's name the parrot would start screeching. This made me really suspicious and I decided to call the police.'

 

Police spokesman Shalabh Mathur said they looked at Ashutosh's phone records after being told he may be a suspect and found cause to bring him in for questioning.

 

Read more and see picture of detective Hercule
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2569214/Hercule-parrot-Indian-murderer-caught-victims-pet-bird-identifies-killer.html

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