NEW DELHI, Nov. 21 -- Four staff members - three teachers and one headmistress - of a prominent school in central Delhi were suspended with immediate effect on Thursday after police registered a case against them in connection with the alleged suicide of a Class 10 student who accused them of harassment and held them responsible for his death. The 16-year-old boy had jumped from an elevated Metro station in west Delhi on Tuesday afternoon, leaving behind a handwritten note in his school bag that alleged persistent mistreatment by the four staffers. A police team examining the incident recovered the note, in which the boy described his anguish and identified teachers and the headmistress whom he said had repeatedly humiliated and targeted him. On Wednesday, police registered a case under sections 107 (abetment to suicide) and 3(5) (common intention of criminal act) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita against the four. A day later, the school issued suspension orders, signed by the principal, informing the accused staffers that the FIR and the seriousness of the allegations necessitated immediate disciplinary action. "During the period of suspension... you are required to remain available for any official communication or inquiry. You must not visit the school premises or interact with students, staff, or parents without prior written permission," the order said. A senior officer aware of the case said they are scanning CCTV footage from the school and the Metro station and are preparing to issue notices to the teachers named in the note. "We have spoken to multiple students already and will continue to record statements," the officer said. Meanwhile, the student's friends and family alleged he had faced "targeted harassment" for months and that the school had ignored warning signs. Speaking to HT, his father said the boy had confided in friends but had never shared his suicidal thoughts with the family. "I was told by his friends that he had informed the counsellor about his thoughts, but he never shared that with us," he said. The father added that his son had been consistently reporting that teachers reprimanded him for minor issues - laughing in class, speaking to friends, or scoring fewer marks. "He and his group of three-four friends were targeted by the teachers," he said. The family, originally from Sangli in Maharashtra, runs a jewellery business in central Delhi, where they also live. "On Monday, he had again shared that he was being troubled, and I told him that we'll change his school after the board exams as he was in class 10," the father said, adding that the boy had been threatened with expulsion. A classmate, a friend of the victim, too said that the details in the note the boy left were accurate and that he was "indeed being bullied by the teachers". "My friend [the victim] had told the counsellor about his problems and we [the students] were going to lodge a formal complaint with the headmistress in the next two-three days," he added. The boy's uncle corroborated this. He said, "His friends shared that he had shared about his suicidal thoughts with the counsellor but she dismissed it."...