A 16-year-old boy died after jumping in front of the metro in Delhi. The police recovered a suicide note in which he blamed his school teachers for mentally harassing him for a prolonged period of time and urged his family to donate his organs to those in need.
According to information, the incident occurred at the Rajendra Place metro station at 2.34 pm when the boy, who had left home for his drama club, jumped from the platform in front of a metro. He was rushed to the nearby BLK Hospital, where he was declared dead.
A senior police officer said in the suicide, the victim first wrote about his identity and asked the reader to contact a specific number. He wrote that constant scolding by school staff had driven him to take the step, apologised to his parents and elder brother, and requested that his organs be donated, reports PTI news agency.
"Sorry bhaiyya, for all the time I was rude to you," he wrote to his brother, and to his mother, he said, "Sorry mummy, however many times I broke your heart, I am going to do it for the last time."
"Give my organs to those in need," he wrote, adding that if any organs were still functioning after the fall, they should be donated.
Following his death, India Today reached out to his parents, and the victim’s father claimed that his son was upset regarding the treatment he received in school.
He further alleged that the family raised several concerns over his mental health issues with the school authorities. However, no one from the school paid any attention to the concerns of the family.
The man also claimed that on Tuesday, his son had slipped and fallen during drama class and his teacher, instead of helping him, "pushed and insulted him in front of everyone and said he was overacting."
He also said that this was not the first time that his son had been ill-treated. "His classmates told me that a teacher had been threatening him and saying they would give him a transfer certificate and call us (parents) to the school. It was not just him, but three to four more kids have also been treated the same way," PTI quoted the man as saying.
Based on the suicide note, the police are presently questioning the mentioned school teachers as part of the investigation. They are also talking to the family members and the victim’s friends to reveal further details about the challenges that the boy faced.
