Angry people affected by the gas well fire at Baghjan in Assam blocked a road and confined employees working at the site for several hours after an inmate of relief camp died allegedly after consuming poison, officials said Sunday.
Sukleswar Neog, who lost his house in the gas well fire on June 9 and was living in a relief camp since then, consumed poison on Saturday and died at a hospital.
When his body was brought to Baghjan, local people blocked a road demanding that a Rs 2-crore compensation be given to his family along with a job to one of its members in Oil India Ltd (OIL), officials said.
