According to the suicide note, the teachers allegedly kept pressuring the boy to score better marks, and the child repeatedly told them “he was trying”.

A 16-year-old Class 10 student of a prominent school in central Delhi died by suicide at a metro station in west Delhi on Tuesday afternoon. In a note recovered by police, he blamed his teachers and the school principal for his death. Police have registered a case in connection with the incident.

He was still in his school uniform at the time of his death.

A senior police officer aware of the matter said their control room received a call around 3pm about a boy falling from a metro station building in west Delhi. When a team reached the spot, the boy was taken to a private hospital, where he was declared dead on arrival.

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