India, Nov. 22 -- A 16-year-old student's death by suicide led to a huge protest outside Delhi's St Columba's School on Friday as nearly 100 people, including parents, students and family friends, gathered carrying placards and calling for accountability.

The protesters spoke out against students being singled out over unpaid fees, while others protested against teachers who warned they would slap children or make fun of them in front of the whole class, as mentioned in an earlier HT report.

Notably, a class 10 student on Tuesday jumped from an elevated metro station in West Delhi after leaving a note behind that accused his teachers and headmistress of harassment. According to his friends and family members, the boy was going through "...