NEW DELHI: A classmate of 16-year-old Shourya Patil, a Class X student of St Columba’s School who died by suicide, alleged that one of the accused teachers would often use him as an example of under-performing students. Students also claimed that Patil had informed the school counsellor about having suicidal thoughts weeks before his death, but the concern was dismissed as a “joke” and never shared with his parents. On Saturday, as the protest against Patil’s alleged harassment entered its fourth day, his friends, relatives, members of his father’s gold-trading fraternity and several parents gathered at Jantar Mantar. They lit candles, placed flowers around Patil’s garlanded photograph and held placards demanding justice. His maternal uncle said the protest might be shifted to

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