Student Says She Was Real Target of Jantar Mantar Attack
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A Class X student said she was the real target of an attack at Jantar Mantar.
She said her father was hurt while he tried to protect her.
The attack happened during a protest at Jantar Mantar, a place in Delhi.
A politician named Chirag Paswan filed a complaint about this case.
He said someone used his name in the wrong way.
This person is a right-wing influencer online.
The influencer is a 21-year-old man from Patna.
His name is Swatantra Bhardwaj.
People call him a poster boy for the Hindutva ecosystem.
This means many people know him online for these ideas.
The police are now looking into the attack.
More facts about the case may come later.
Vocabulary15 words
- protest
- when people meet to show they are angry about something
- complaint
- telling someone in charge that something bad happened
- influencer
- a person who is famous online and changes what others think
- ecosystem
- a big group of people or things connected together
- shield
- to protect someone from harm
- target
- the person someone wants to hurt or attack
- right-wing
- a type of political idea, often about tradition and nation
- misuse
- using something in a wrong or bad way
- poster boy
- a person who represents a group or idea well
- digital
- connected to computers and the internet
- student
- a person who studies at school
- attacker
- a person who hurts someone else
- politician
- a person who works in government
- case
- a problem that police or courts look at
- police
- people whose job is to keep everyone safe
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Answer key
1. A Class X student 2. Jantar Mantar 3. Chirag Paswan
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Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
A Class X student said she was the real _____ of an attack at Jantar Mantar.
She said her father was hurt while he tried to _____ her.
The attack happened during a _____ at Jantar Mantar, a place in Delhi.
A politician named Chirag Paswan filed a _____ about this case.
He said someone used his name in the wrong way.
This person is a right-wing _____ online.
The influencer is a 21-year-old man from Patna.
His name is Swatantra Bhardwaj.
People call him a poster boy for the Hindutva _____.
This means many people know him online for these ideas.
The _____ are now looking into the attack.
More facts about the _____ may come later.