Hyderabad, July 20 -- A young man died by suicide, allegedly unable to bear his wife's constant taunts about his virility, in a case that has shaken Raghunathapalem mandal of Khammam district. The death, coming just three months after the couple's wedding, has triggered outrage locally.

Sadar Lal, 27, a resident of Ramkyathanda in the mandal, ran a goat-trading business with his father. He married a young woman from Haryathanda this May. According to his family, the alleged harassment began on the third day of the marriage, when his wife humiliated him and taunted him that he lacked "manhood."

The situation escalated recently during the Seetla festival, when Sadar Lal visited his in-laws' home, and his wife allegedly insulted him again,...