Video narration
At closing time, Surat's textile market is busy. Among the workers, a 33-year-old man is furious, allegedly over ₹10,000 in unpaid wages. That night, according to the account, he buys petrol, hides it in his backpack, and slips into the building. On a staircase, he waits unseen for hours. Then the dispute stops being an argument. Around midnight, he allegedly reaches the sixth floor, where clothing stacks sit outside a shop. A match is lit, and fire races through the market. Multiple shops are engulfed; losses are estimated at millions of rupees. Afterward, the story becomes a flight. CCTV, or security-camera footage, allegedly showed his face as he ran with his family through different cities and temples. Police eventually arrested him. The account is not a court finding. But the result is stark: a ₹10,000 wage dispute, a market fire, a desperate escape-and a suspect behind bars.