Indian Police Officer Missing After Corruption Case Filed
Neha Pachisia is a police officer in India. She works as a City Superintendent of Police, or CSP. This is an important job.
Before she was a police officer, Pachisia worked as an air hostess. Many people saw her as a good example.
Police say Pachisia took illegal money from a man. The man owns big trucks called dumpers. This is called extortion.
Someone filed an FIR against her. An FIR is a police report about a crime. It starts a police case.
After the FIR, Pachisia went missing. She was at a training in Bhopal, a city in India. Now she cannot be found.
The Chief Minister of the state has suspended her. This means she cannot work as a police officer now.
A special team called the SIT is checking the case. SIT means Special Investigation Team. They sealed her office. This means no one can enter it now.
The government has also started a departmental inquiry. This is an official check inside her workplace.
Vocabulary6 words
- CSP
- a police officer job title; means city superintendent of police
- extortion
- taking money from someone using threats
- FIR
- a paper the police write when a crime happens
- suspended
- stopped from doing a job for a while
- SIT
- a special police team that checks big crimes
- departmental inquiry
- an official check by the workplace
Quiz
Answer key
1. Air hostess 2. She went missing 3. True
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
Neha Pachisia is a police officer in India. She works as a City Superintendent of Police, or _____. This is an important job.
Before she was a police officer, Pachisia worked as an _____. Many people saw her as a good example.
Police say Pachisia took illegal money from a man. The man owns big trucks called _____. This is called extortion.
Someone filed an _____ against her. An FIR is a police report about a crime. It starts a police case.
After the FIR, Pachisia went missing. She was at a training in _____, a city in India. Now she cannot be found.
The _____ of the state has suspended her. This means she cannot work as a police officer now.
A special team called the _____ is checking the case. They sealed her office. This means no one can enter it now.
The government has also started a _____. This is an official check inside her workplace.