Man Arrested for Giving Poison in Mumbai

孟買一名男子因餵食毒藥被捕


Introduction

Police in Mumbai arrested a 39-year-old man from Pune. He gave poison pills to people during a religious walk in Byculla.

孟買警方逮捕了一名來自浦那的 39 歲男子。他在拜庫拉的一次宗教遊行中,分發毒藥丸給人們。

Main Body

The man is Fayyaz Premji. He told people the pills were for pain, but they were actually rat poison. Some people felt very sick and fainted.

該名男子名叫 Fayyaz Premji。他告訴人們這些藥丸是止痛藥,但實際上是老鼠藥。有些人感到非常不適並昏倒了。

Police went to a house in Dongri. They found 14,900 poison pills and many empty shells. The man bought 50 kilograms of poison on the internet.

警方前往東格里的一處房屋搜查。他們發現了 14,900 顆毒藥丸和許多空藥殼。該男子在網路上購買了 50 公斤的毒藥。

The man said he was angry at the world because his wife left him two years ago. He worked in a paint factory and lived in Iraq and Iran. Now, special police and intelligence officers are questioning him.

該男子表示,因為妻子在兩年前離開他,所以他對這個世界感到憤怒。他曾在一家油漆廠工作,並曾在伊拉克和伊朗居住。目前,專職警察和情報部門的官員正在對他進行訊問。

Conclusion

The man is in jail. Police are checking his phone and the poison pills.

該男子目前在獄中。警方正在檢查他的手機和那些毒藥丸。

Vocabulary Learning

⚡ Action Words in the Past

To talk about things that already happened, we often add -ed to the word. Look at these examples from the story:

  • Arrest \rightarrow Arrested
  • Faint \rightarrow Fainted
  • Work \rightarrow Worked

🧩 The 'Special' Words

Some words don't follow the -ed rule. You just have to remember them:

  • Give \rightarrow Gave
  • Tell \rightarrow Told
  • Find \rightarrow Found
  • Buy \rightarrow Bought
  • Say \rightarrow Said

📦 Counting Things

When we have one of something, we use the word alone. When we have many, we add an -s:

1 pill \rightarrow 14,900 pills 1 shell \rightarrow empty shells

Vocabulary Learning

arrested (v.)
When the police take someone away because they think the person committed a crime.
Example:The police arrested the man for stealing the car.
poison (n.)
Something that can make you very sick or kill you if you eat it or drink it.
Example:Some mushrooms in the forest contain poison.
religious (adj.)
Relating to a belief in a god or a particular religion.
Example:They visited a religious building to pray.
fainted (v.)
To suddenly become unconscious and fall to the ground.
Example:It was so hot in the room that she fainted.
intelligence officers (n.)
People whose job is to collect secret information for their country.
Example:Intelligence officers work to keep the country safe from danger.
questioning (v.)
Asking someone many questions to find out the truth.
Example:The police are questioning the witness about the accident.
Practice A2 words in a crossword