India, Nov. 20 -- The father of the 16-year-old boy who died, allegedly by suicide at a metro station in central Delhi, has blamed his teachers and school principal for pushing him to take the extreme step.

The father alleged that his son was being "troubled over petty issues". The suicide note recovered from the boy's possession also claimed that he was being ill-treated by his teachers.

"For the last one year, my son was being scolded and troubled by his teachers over petty issues. He told us about it, and we raised our concerns with his teachers but nothing happened. Even his friends were troubled by those teachers," the boy's father told HT earlier.

He said the teachers kept pressuring the boy to score better marks, and the child r...