A seven-year-old boy from India who told police about his father’s illegal gambling activity has been getting some serious mixed messages.

According to a recent report by the Hindustan Times, seven-year-old Amir Shoalb had grown weary of his father’s fondness for gambling and drinking alcohol. Apparently Amir’s complaints weren’t getting the desired response from dear old dad, so the boy decided to take his grievances up the chain of command.

On Jan. 3, Amir wandered over to the local police station in the central state of Madhya Pradesh and asked to see the officer in charge. Local cop Kishore Patanwala told the Times how the boy informed him of the father’s daily gambling and drinking sessions and of Amir’s inability to convince his father to stop having fun. Amir “wanted his father to be arrested to he told me about the spot where [his father] was playing at the time.”

Suitably intrigued, Patanwala sent a squad down to investigate, where he discovered the boy’s father Khan and several others behaving as the boy described, so the officers arrested the lot for illegal gambling.