How Gokada Founder and CEO, Fahim Saleh Brutally Murdered In New York, Body Dismembered
Thompson Nsisongabasi
Jul 15, 2020
The founder and CEO of motorcycle-hailing company 'GoKada' and co-founder of ride-sharing venture Pathao, Fahim Saleh, has been found dead in his New York apartment.
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The dismembered body of the tech entrepreneur who bought the New York apartment for $2.25 million last year was found around 3:30 pm on Tuesday, July 14.
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Police say the limbless, headless torso of the 33-year-old millionaire tech entrepreneur was found with an electric saw lying next to the remains.
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According to New York Daily News, the police made the grisly discovery in a building on E Houston St. at Suffolk St. on the Lower Eastside at about 3:30 pm. NYPD officers visited the seventh-floor condo after the deceased's sister called 911 because she had not seen her brother in a day.
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Fahim was last seen on surveillance footage on Monday afternoon around 1:40 pm when he entered his building's elevator which opens right out to his seventh-floor apartment.
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Surveillance footage showed Fahim getting into the elevator and was quickly followed by a second man who was dressed in a suit, wearing gloves, a hat and a mask over his face.
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A police source said after he walked out onto his floor, he fell immediately possibly shot or stunned.
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"The perp had a suitcase. He was very professional."
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Pathao Co-founder Hussain Elius has reacted to the shocking incident, saying;
"We are shocked and saddened to hear the reports of the death of Fahim Saleh, one of the founding members of the Pathao team.
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"Fahim believed in the potential for technology to transform lives in Bangladesh and beyond. He saw the promise in us when all we had was a common purpose and a shared vision. He was, and will forever remain, an incredible inspiration for Pathao and our entire ecosystem."
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Fahim, a Bentley University alumnus, co-founded Pathao together with Hussain M Elius and Shifat Adnan in 2015.
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He was a computer science and engineering (CSE) graduate.
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Fahim started Gokada, a motorcycle ride-sharing company in Lagos, Nigeria, however, the company faced setbacks and mass layoffs following the ban of motorcycle operations in January 2020 by the Lagos State Government.
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— Thompson Nsisongabasi