Muslim man’s library with 4,000 copies of Bhagavad Gita, Quran and Bible reduced to ashes

Syed Issaq (62), a Muslim man ran a public library with over 11,000 books in total consisting 3,000 copies of exquisite collections of Bhagavad Gita, over a 1,000 copies of Quran and Bible besides thousands of books of various genres which he sourced from donors.Most of the books were in Kannada.

On Friday morning, Issaq found the library scorched by miscreants with all the books dismantled.

Syed Isaaq became a popular face among the residents of Rajiv Nagar and Shanti Nagar in the city as he took up a bold step of setting up a library giving free access to all the residents in the region for the last 10 years.

Deprived of education, Isaaq worked as a bonded labourer before turning into an Under Ground Drainage cleaner.

“At 4 am, a man residing next to the library informed me that there was a fire inside. When I rushed to the library which is just a stone's throw away distance, I could only see them being reduced to ashes,”  said by Syed. 

Police have filed an FIR under IPC 436 and the hunt is on for the culprits.