A 33-year-old Tech CEO Was Found Dismembered in a New York Apartment

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The New York Police Department confirmed a man had been found dead Tuesday in an apartment in Manhattan's Lower East Side. The source identified him as tech entrepreneur Fahim Saleh, a venture capitalist and CEO of Gokada, Nigeria's motorcycle ride-hail company.

Saleh was last seen in surveillance footage Monday evening, getting into the elevator in his apartment building in the Lower East Side of Manhattan, the source said.
A man dressed in all black -- who, according to police, is suspected to be Saleh's assailant -- is seen in the video entering the elevator with him, according to the official. The elevator in Saleh's building goes straight into the apartment units there, the source said.

Once inside Saleh's apartment, the alleged assailant started to attack him, the source said.

When the CEO's sister went to check in on him, she discovered Saleh's torso in an area next to the living room, the official said.
Other parts of his body were stuffed into individual bags in the apartment, the source said.

Police haven't yet determined a motive behind the grisly attack, the source said. The NYPD is looking into how the attacker exited the apartment building.

Gokada confirmed Saleh's "sudden and tragic" death on Twitter.

"Fahim was a great leader, inspiration and positive light for all of us," the company wrote. "Our hearts go out to his friends, family and all those feeling the pain and heartbreak we are currently experiencing, here at Gokada. All updates and changes will be communicated with you, as it unfolds. Forever in our hearts."
CNN has reached out to the medical examiner's office and NYPD for further comment.

As a high schooler, Saleh founded PrankDial.com, a website for prerecorded prank phone calls that, he wrote in 2018, had generated over $10 million since its start. He continued to found and sell sites throughout his teens and his time at Bentley University.

Most recently, he founded the venture capital firm Adventure Capital, which invested in ride-sharing start-ups in countries like Bangladesh and Colombia.

On Medium, where he blogged regularly, he called his founding of Gokada "one of the most out there things" he'd ever done. His limited knowledge of Nigeria's transportation system at first turned off Nigerians he tried to recruit for his start-up.
The company raised over $5 million and hired over 800 drivers, but Gokada's business hit a snag earlier this year when Lagos banned commercial motorcycles in the city. Saleh filmed an impassioned plea on behalf of his employees to lift the ban. In the meantime, the company pivoted to delivery and was working toward launching a boat hailing service, he told CNN in February.

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Wow

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Undercut the cab drivers in nigeria? Brilliant plan

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He deserved it, simply for having that silly dye job.

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The New York Police Department (NYPD) has made development on cracking the murder and dismemberment of Pathao co-founder and tech CEO Fahim Saleh in his Lower East Side apartment, narrowing in on a “person of interest.”

A person responsible for the gruesome murder had been identified but he was not yet in police custody, multiple NYPD sources said on Thursday.

Police said the person of interest worked for Fahim their business deal apparently went bad.

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Other parts of his body were stuffed into individual bags in the apartment, the source said.

Police haven't yet determined a motive behind the grisly attack, the source said. The NYPD is looking into how the attacker exited the apartment building.
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STUPID THEORY: It seems like the dismemberment was going to be bagged and removed, right? What if the killer was in the middle of still trying to complete his task when someone came in? What if he hid? What if he is still in the apartment?

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I have a sudden urge to watch American pyscho..

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Awesome wheels on his chair.

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Why do they assume he was dressed all in black, he could of been naked.....