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. The damaged Baghjan gas well of PSU major Oil India Ltd in Assam is spewing gas uncontrollably for 54 days since a blowout took place on May 27, which caught fire on June 9. Two firefighters of OIL also died at the site then. Over 9,000 people were shifted to relief camps after the well suffered the blowout and the subsequent inferno.