India, Aug. 24 -- An Indian-origin man is demanding a public apology from law enforcement in the Georgia region of the USA after he spent 47 days in prison in a fake kidnapping case filed against him.

"I demand a public apology from the police and the district attorney. They must also explain what steps they'll take so this never happens to another innocent person," he said.

Mahendra Patel, 62, was arrested in March after a woman in Walmart accused him of trying to grab her two-year-old son from a mobility scooter.

After Patel was indicted by a grand jury on charges of criminal attempt to commit kidnapping, simple assault and simple battery on April 3, he was held in the Cobb County jail for 47 days.

Patel's lawyer, however, says surv...