Fahim Saleh, founder and Chief Executive Officer of
ride-hailing company, Gokada, has been found dead in his New York apartment.
His body was found on Manhattan’s Lower East Side on
Tuesday.
Saleh, the son of Bangladeshi immigrants, started Gokada in
Lagos State in 2018.
Saleh’s body was cut in pieces and scattered in different locations within his apartment.
Homicide detectives say his torso, head, limbs, and an
electric saw were found in separate places within the apartment, adding that
effort had been made to clean up any evidence of what had happened.
His dog, Laila, was, however, found alive in the apartment
at 265, East Houston Street near Suffolk Street.
The 33-year-old technology entrepreneur was murdered by
assailants, who scattered his body parts in different locations within the
apartment.
Saleh’s sister made the gruesome discovery around 3:30pm
when she went to check on him after not hearing from him for a day.
The saw that was used to kill him was still plugged into an
electrical outlet when the police arrived, leading detectives to investigate
whether the arrival of Saleh’s sister at
the condo might have interrupted the killing and prompted the killer to flee
through another exit, the police said.
The official added that a surveillance camera had captured a
video of Saleh in the building’s elevator with another person, who was wearing
a black suit and black mask.
In the video, the elevator door opens and Saleh goes into
the apartment while the masked person follows directly behind him, and the two
immediately start to struggle.
The sister is seen on the video arriving a short time later. There is a second way out of the apartment through a service entrance.
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