locals here on Thursday blocked road at two places demanding compensation for the family of Santosh Sahu (32), a contractual labourer at the refinery of the Indian Oil Corporation (IOCl) at Paradip, who died in the unit while working on Wednesday.
They also demanded job to one of the family members of Sahu at the IOCl, reports said.
While the kin of Sahu staged a sit-in near the IOCl’s gate no 4, residents of Kabalpur village, from where Sahu hails, staged a road blockade on Raniagarh and Trilochanpur bridges to press their demands.
On being informed, the police reached at the spot and tried to pacify the agitators.
Notably, Sahu fell unconscious on Wednesday morning while working with other labourers and was hospitalised. However, doctor declared him brought dead at the hospital.