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(CNN) — A chief executive of a 33-year-old technology company was found dismembered in a luxury condominium in New York, a police source told CNN.
The New York Police Department confirmed that a man had been found dead Tuesday in an apartment on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. The source identified the man as tech entrepreneur Fahim Saleh, a venture capitalist and CEO of Gokada, a Nigerian motorcycle company.
Saleh was last seen in images on surveillance Monday night, taking the elevator to his apartment building on Manhattan’s Lower East Side, the source said.
A man dressed all in black – who police say is suspected of Saleh’s attacker – is seen in the video entering the elevator with him, according to the official. The elevator in the Saleh building goes directly to the apartment units there, the source said.
Once inside the Saleh department, the alleged assailant began attacking him, the source said.
When the CEO’s sister came to see him, he discovered Saleh’s torso in an area next to the living room, the official said.
Other parts of his body were packed into individual bags in the department, the source said.
Police have not yet determined a motive behind the appalling attack, the source said. New York Police are investigating how the attacker emerged from the apartment building.
Gokada confirmed Saleh’s “sudden and tragic” death in 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 who feel the pain and anguish that we are currently experiencing, here in Gokada. All updates and changes will be communicated as they develop. Forever in our hearts. “
CNN has contacted the New York City medical examiner’s office and police for further comment.
As a high school student, Saleh founded PrankDial.com, a website for prerecorded prank phone calls that, he wrote in 2018, had generated more than $ 10 million since its inception. She continued to create and sell sites throughout her teens and her time at Bentley University.
Most recently, he founded venture capital firm Adventure Capital, which invested in startups for ridesharing in countries like Bangladesh and Colombia.
On Medium, where he regularly blogged, he called his Gokada foundation “one of the most important things he had ever done.” His limited knowledge of the Nigerian transportation system at first was the cause of rejection of Nigerians who attempted to recruit for his venture.
The company raised more than $ 5 million and hired more than 800 drivers, but Gokada’s business was affected earlier this year when Lagos banned commercial motorcycles in the city. Saleh filmed a passionate plea on behalf of its employees to lift the ban. Meanwhile, the company focused on home delivery and was working to launch a boat transport service, he told CNN in February.
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