AN Uber taxi has been seized by police investigating the death of Muslim shopkeeper Asad Shah.
The grey Volkswagan Passat mini-cab with Uber branding in the windscreen was parked opposite "man of peace" Mr Shah's shop in Glasgow, where he was killed just four hours after posting his Easter message to "my beloved Christian nation".
The vehicle was within the police cordon set up at the crime scene and was removed by police forensic officers wearing white protective suits.
The forensic officers slowly drove a recovery truck into the cordon and winched the private hire saloon cab onto the back of it before driving away.
The vehicle seizure happened at 2.30pm on Friday afternoon outside Mr Shah's shop on Minard Road in the Shawlands area of Glasgow but has only just come to light.
News of the seizure comes 24 hours after reports that Mr Shah's killer had travelled to Scotland from Bradford.
An Uber spokesman said on Sunday that the car was registered to a private hire cab driver in Bradford who last used the Uber app on Monday March 21.
The spokesman said the car had not been used for any Uber trips in Glasgow and said any driver given a private hire licence by Bradford City Council had to pass enhanced DBS disclosure tests.
Police Scotland refused to comment on the seizure of the vehicle.
Meanwhile a crowdfunding site set up to raise money for Mr Shah's family has reached £70,000 thanks to donations from across Britain and further afield.
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Police said on Friday that Mr Shah's death was being treated as "religiously prejudiced".
It is feared Mr Shah was set upon because he belonged to the Ahmadi Islamic community, which promotes "love for all, hatred for none" but which has been denounced as heretical by some hardline mainstream Muslims.
Police have arrested a 32-year-old Muslim man in connection with the murder. The man will appear in court in Glasgow on Tuesday.
Just hours before he died, popular Mr Shah had taken to Facebook to say: "Good Friday and a very Happy Easter, especially to my beloved Christian nation."
And he added: "Let's follow the real footstep of beloved holy Jesus Christ and get the real success in both worlds."
In previous posts, he spoke out against violence and hatred and called for "unconditional real love for all mankind".
Mr Shah's family revealed on Sunday that they now fear for their lives following his death, which has caused widespread anger and grief.
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