Mysuru, April 10 -- Over 3000 copies of Bhagavad Gita along with other books turned into ashes after a library run by a 62-year-old Muslim man was set on fire by miscreants on Friday in Mysuru, Karnataka.

According to a report published in New Indian Express, the library had over 11 thousand books. Out of them, 85 percent were in Kannada. Several of them were in English and Urdu too.

After the incident, the man, Syed Isaaq approached the Udayagiri police station and lodged a complaint. Based on his complaint, police registered a case under relevant sections of IPC.

As per the report, Isaaq, who was deprived of education, works as an Under Ground Drainage (UGD) cleaner to earn a livelihood. He had set up the library in a shed-like struc...