Syed Issaq, a daily wage earner who owned a library that contained 11,000 books, lost his prized possession when miscreants torched it, as per a report in The New Indian Express. But a day later, donors have come together to raise more than Rs 7 lakh according to Scroll.?
The incident took place on April 9.
The library provided free access to books for the residents. Over 3000 copies of the Bhagavad Gita were in the library. Most of the books were in Kannada.?
100-150 people visited it daily.?
¡°When I rushed to the library which is just a stone¡¯s throw away distance, I could only see them being reduced to ashes,¡± he recalled as per TNIE.?
Police have registered an FIR under IPC Section 436 (relating to punishment for mischief by fire or any explosive substance).??