Man Arrested Under POCSO Act for Alleged Abuse of 4-Year-Old Girl
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Police arrested a young man in India. He is accused of hurting a 4-year-old girl.
The man was in a relationship with the girl's mother. Police say he touched the girl in a bad way.
The police used a special law. It is called POCSO. This law protects children from bad touch.
The man is now under arrest. This means police are holding him. He cannot go free right now.
Police say this is a crime. A crime is something bad and against the law.
The government also spoke about money. It said people saved 11,158 crore rupees because of its work.
This money news is not about the girl's case. It is a different report from the government.
Vocabulary15 words
- arrest
- when police hold a person for doing something bad
- POCSO
- a law that protects children from bad touch
- crime
- something bad that breaks the law
- crore
- a number that means ten million
- abuse
- to treat someone in a very bad, hurtful way
- relationship
- when two people are close, like a couple
- protect
- to keep someone safe from harm
- victim
- a person who is hurt by a crime
- government
- the group of people who run a country
- report
- a piece of news or information
- case
- a problem that police or courts look into
- child
- a young person, not yet grown up
- law
- a rule made by the government
- police
- people whose job is to stop crime
- special
- not normal; made for one purpose
Quiz
Answer key
1. 4 years old 2. He was in a relationship with her mother 3. True
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
Police arrested a young man in India. He is accused of hurting a 4-year-old _____.
The man was in a _____ with the girl's mother. Police say he touched the girl in a bad way.
The police used a special law. It is called _____. This law protects children from bad touch.
The man is now under _____. This means police are holding him. He cannot go free right now.
Police say this is a _____. A crime is something bad and against the law.
The government also spoke about _____. It said people saved 11,158 crore rupees because of its work.
This money news is not about the girl's _____. It is a different report from the government.