Decapitated and dismembered remains of millionaire tech entrepreneur, Fahim Saleh, 33, found next to electrical saw in his upscale NY apartment by his sister; CCTV shows professional killer attacking him after sharing elevator – police
NYPD detectives are hunting for a suspect who beheaded and dismembered a young millionaire tech entrepreneur in New York’s Lower East Side
The decapitated and dismembered body of millionaire tech entrepreneur Fahim Saleh was found next to electrical saw in his luxury Manhattan apt by his cousin, Tuesday
Self-made millionaire Saleh, 33, was a Bangladeshi American who founded and invested in several transportation-related startups
Police say surveillance footage shows a professional killer attacking Saleh after sharing elevator
Saleh had last been seen alive on Monday afternoon and was caught on surveillance cameras getting into the elevator with the suspect who was carrying a bag and wearing a mask and gloves at the time
Footage has led cops to believe that he was attacked as soon as he walked into his apartment
Police say an electric saw was found near his body and was still plugged in but there was not much blood
Parts of Saleh’s body had been cut up and placed into bags and then distributed about the apartment
Among Saleh’s business ventures was setting up motorbike hailing app services in Indonesia and Nigeria
The body of 33-year-old Fahim Saleh [L-R], was found by his sister, Monday. He had been dismembered and decapitated in his 7th floor luxury Manhattan apt
The decapitated and dismembered body of a self-made millionaire was found Tuesday in his luxury Manhattan apartment by a family member. New York police are now hunting for a professional killer who cut up the 33-year-old’s body with an electric saw.
The man has been identified by as Fahim Saleh, a known millionaire tech entrepreneur.
The alarm was raised after one of Saleh’s female cousins became concerned after not hearing from him for a day. She went to the seventh floor unit to check on her brother only to be met with a horrific sight.
Her cousin’s body had been cut up with a power saw, which was lying nearby and was still plugged in. The body parts had been sorted into different plastic bags.
Police believe they have surveillance footage of the suspect entering the building and then using the elevator.
Video shows the gloved suspect wearing gloves, along with a hat and mask covering his face.
City detectives are hunting for a suspect who beheaded and dismembered a resident in his luxury New York City apartment [photo]. The hitman who killed young tech millionaire Fahim Saleh allegedly, was caught on surveillance cameras in the building
The victim Fahim Saleh [left], was close to his sisters, Rif Saleh and Ruby Bashir. One of his female cousins made the grisly discovery
Shortly after police arrived on the scene, they were seen questioning a sobbing woman , later identified as the victim’s cousin, in the lobby of the building.
The victim’s cousin found his torso exposed in the living room alongside the construction bags and the saw when she went to check on him Tuesday after not hearing from him, according to sources.
“She was really upset. Crying. Shaking,” said one resident who witnessed the scene.
“She was just sitting there but you can tell her legs were shaking. She’s nervous. She was crying like, you know, wiping her eyes.”
“She was screaming when she first came down,” the source said Faust.
NYPD officers secure the lobby of the Lower East Side building shortly after the police arrived on the scene to investigate the death of Fahim Saleh
Saleh bought the luxury condominium for $2.25 million last year and was proud of his new home, regularly posting pictures and video from the place on his Instagram.
Saleh was a Bangladeshi American who founded and invested in several transportation-related startups, according to his LinkedIn page.
In 2015, he co-founded Pathao, a ride-hailing company in his parents’ home country of Bangladesh.
Roughly two years later, in December 2017, he co-founded Gokada, an on-demand motorbike-hailing company in Lagos, Nigeria, and took over as its CEO in April last year. He most recently oversaw the company’s transition to delivery service during the coronavirus pandemic.
The firm, Gokada, recently faced severe setbacks after being banned earlier this year by the Nigerian government.
It was forced to lay off around 50% of its staff and pivot from being a motorbike based taxi service to a delivery courier.
Officers of the NYPD secured the area outside the luxury condo in the Lower East Side on Tuesday, The gruesome scene was discovered by the victim’s sister who wanted to check on him. The murder allegedly happened inside an apartment on the 7th floor of the luxury condo
Surprisingly, there was very little blood. The New York Times said that some effort had been made to clear up evidence.
Saleh had last been seen on Monday afternoon walking into his building’s elevator.
Surveillance footage is also believed to have caught the killer carrying a bag and waiting to enter the elevator with his victim.
‘The perp had a suitcase. He was very professional,’ one police source told the News.
Sources told The Post that as the pair rode up to the seventh floor apartment together, Saleh appeared puzzled, but no sooner had he stepped out into his home, the attack began.
Members of the public look as cops investigate the killing of Fahim Saleh – The tech entrepreneur appeared to be proud of the building he had moved into with apartments selling for $2.15 million
Close sibling: Fahim Saleh would regularly post photographs chronicling his lifestyle co-mingled with his sisters, on social media. At least one of the women is believed to be living in New York, as well
There were signs of attempts to hide evidence. Police are now trying to work out whether the arrival of the victim’s sister interrupted the dismembering of the body.
Detectives are also looking to see if the killer was able to escape through another exit.
‘We have a torso, a head that’s been removed, arms, and legs. Everything is still on the scene. We don’t have a motive,’ NYPD spokesman Sgt. Carlos Nieves said.
Later, police could be seen in the condo’s lobby at 265 East Houston Street where they could be seen speaking with a woman who was in tears and who was believed to be one of Saleh’s two sisters who had found the body.
‘She was really upset. Crying. Shaking,’ Danny Faust said to The Post. ‘She was just sitting there but you can tell her legs were shaking. She’s nervous. She was crying like, you know, wiping her eyes.’
‘She was screaming when she first came down,’ Faust said.
‘Dead body? Okay. But when you hear chopped up and dismembered? That’s it. That’s a sick type of mind for somebody to do that,’ he added.
Saleh seen [photo], on one of his motorcycle taxis in Nigeria. Friends said he was a self-made millionaire who had a passion for gadgets and video games. He also enjoyed bringing tech companies into underdeveloped nations including Nigeria and Indonesia
Saleh’s motorbike taxi venture ‘Gorkada’ [photo], had recently faced issues with its operation in Nigeria after they were banned by several state governments including the country’s largest cities of Lagos and Abuja
Police can be seen interviewing this woman believed to be the victim’s cousin inde the lobby of the building. reports say she found the limbless torso of the victim dismembered with an electric saw lying by the bady parts Tuesday
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