India, Nov. 21 -- A 16-year-old Class 10 student from a well-known central Delhi school died by suicide at a west Delhi metro station on Tuesday afternoon, leaving behind a distressing note in which he accused four of his teachers and the school principal of driving him to the edge. His final appeal - that no other student should be treated the way he was - has triggered outrage among parents and students, and prompted a police investigation into alleged harassment on campus.

Police said they received a call around 3pm reporting that a boy had fallen from the metro station building. Still in his school uniform, he was rushed to a private hospital, where he was declared dead on arrival.

A handwritten note recovered from his school bag ha...