Digboi, Sept. 17 -- Protesters lifted the blockade on the Digboi-Pengaree NEC Road near Bapapung on Wednesday evening after the district administration announced an ex-gratia payment of Rs 4 lakh to the family of deceased trainee Daulat Phukan.

Protesters had kept Phukan's body inside an ambulance at the protest site, with its doors open for public viewing, turning it into the focal point of the agitation.

Residents and student activists demanded accountability, and the protest ended after they submitted a five-point memorandum to the magistrate on the spot.

In the memorandum, the agitators demanded the prosecution of contractor Matlab Uddin Ahmed of Purvanchal Building Private Limited under relevant legal provisions and called for the...