Fahim Saleh, Millionaire Tech Entrepreneur & CEO of Gokada Murdered In New York

Fahim Saleh, a 33-year-old technology entrepreneur and Pathao co-founder was found decapitated and dismembered in an apartment in a luxury condominium building on Manhattan’s Lower East Side on Tuesday afternoon.

Fahim who reportedly bought the condo for $2.25 million last year was a website developer turned venture capital and was also the CEO of a motorcycle-sharing company ‘Gokada‘ in Lagos, Nigeria.

Members of the New York Police Department (NYPD) found his body in his condo around 3:30pm (New York time) on Tuesday.

An electric saw had been found near his torso and his head and limbs were later found in the apartment, a Police Department spokesman said.

There were several large plastic bags in the apartment, and it appeared that some effort had been made to clean up any evidence of what had happened, one law enforcement officials briefed on the matter said.

His sister made the gruesome discovery at around 3:30 p.m. when she went to check on him after not hearing from him for a day, the officials said. After finding the body, she called 911, officials said.

The saw was still plugged into an electrical outlet when the police arrived, leading detectives to investigate whether the arrival of Mr. Saleh’s sister at the condo might have interrupted the killing and prompted the killer to flee through another exit, one of the law enforcement officials said.

The New York Times reports that one of the law enforcement officials said a surveillance camera had captured video of Mr. Saleh in the building’s elevator with another person who was wearing a black suit and black mask.

On the video, the elevator door opens and Mr. Saleh goes into the apartment, the official said. The masked person follows directly behind him, and the two immediately start to struggle, the official said.

According to Dhaka tribune, sources described the killing as an apparent targeted murder.

Fahim started Gokada, a motorcycle ride-sharing company in Lagos, but the company faced setbacks and mass layoffs after Lagos banned the company in January.

Two of Fahim’s friends described him as a self-made millionaire who brought tech companies into nations like Nigeria and Indonesia, an energetic person who loved gadgets and video games.

Source: New York Times
Additional Info: Dhaka Tribune