A video production studio, owned by a Muslim man in Kerala’s Kannur district, was allegedly burnt down on Saturday. Rafeeque Taliparamba, a photographer from Kerala, had questioned the Islamic tradition of ‘Purdah’ on a WhatsApp group of friends and acquaintances.
On Sunday morning, news emerged that Rafeeque’s studio in Taliparambu had been reduced to ashes, with equipment worth lakhs lost in the fire. Many including his friends have come out in his support and condemned the act on social media.