The father of the class 10 student who ended his life over alleged mental harassment said that over the last eight to ten months, the boy had been complaining that his teacher scolds him for everything.

“The teacher complained to me about his mischievous behaviour. Despite our insistence, she continued to torture him. We told him we would change schools as soon as he passed 10th grade,” Pradeep Patil told ANI.

“Three days ago, just before his board exam prelims, he was threatened with expulsion,” he added, noting that he couldn’t bear the humiliation.

According to police, the class 10th boy jumped from the Rajendra Place Metro Station platform at 2.34 pm on Tuesday and was taken to BLK Super Speciality Hospital, where doctors declared him dead.

A senior officer told PTI that a suicide

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