<p>   A groom committed suicide in Bihar&#39;s Bhagalpur district after his neighbours taunted him about his bride&#39;s dark complexion, police said today.</p>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   Rajesh Mandal committed suicide by consuming a poisonous substance Monday, a day after his marriage, after some women from his neighbourhood made snide remarks about a fair-complexioned groom getting a dark-complexioned bride, police said.</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   &quot;He was shocked and angry... he ended his life by consuming poison,&quot; a police officer said.</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   Before dying, he told his elder brother Sanjay that he consumed poison because he was unhappy with the selection of a dark-complexioned bride for him.u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   &quot;Rajesh was admitted to a hospital in a critical condition where he died Monday,&quot; the officer said.</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   In rural Bihar, fair-complexioned brides are much sought after.</div>  

A newly married man committed suicide by consuming poison after his neighbours passed comments on his wife's dark complexion.

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