mumbai a driver working with a travel agency was arrested for setting on fire five private buses in separate instances at borivli w after a dispute with his employer police suspected insider involvement when an agencys buses were being repeatedly targeted ajay saraswat told police he wanted to get back at his employer the torched buses were valued at rs 33 crorearound 530am on january 17 three buses of atmaram travels parked near eskay resort went up in flames the fire brigade doused the flames and there were no casualties the fire department and police began a probe we were wondering if a shortcircuit was the cause as the buses were not operational since national lockdown began in march 2020 said senior inspector popat yele mhb colony policeinvestigators found the insurance of the vehicles had expired and ruled out the possibility of them being torched for claiming insuranceon january 22 two more buses of the agency went up in flames this time police sensed something amiss and they questioned the travel agency staff and zeroed in on saraswat saraswat had been involved in a road crash in goa which led to a dispute with his employer a police complaint had been registered too said yele saraswat arrested the same day under section 435 of ipc told police he used to set fire to curtains of each bus and escape saraswat claimed his employer did not pay him his salary and assaulted him police are verifying his claims a resident of borivlis govind nagar saraswat does not have a criminal record