Bulandshahr (UP), May 22 (PTI) A 50-year-old taxi driver was shot dead over a personal enmity in Bulandshahr district of Uttar Pradesh on Sunday, police said.

The deceased was identified as Salim, a resident of Tarinan locality in the Khurja City police station area.

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The police have arrested the main accused and a search is underway for his accomplice, Senior Superintendent of Police Santosh Kumar Singh said.

According to the police, Shahzad, the main accused, was jailed in a case under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act and released recently.

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Shahzad suspected that Salim was behind making a video of his criminal act viral leading to his arrest earlier, and targeted him on being released from jail, the police said.

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