The way Fahim fell immediately after he walked out onto his floor, suggests he might have been either shot or stunned, said the Daily News report. The members of New York Police Department (NYPD) recovered the dismembered body of the millionaire tech entrepreneur from his swanky Manhattan condo about 3:30 pm( local time) on Tuesday, according to a report of Daily News. Fahim Saleh (33), co-founder of ride-sharing venture Pathao, was found dead in an apartment in New York. He has also described his history as an entrepreneur in a series of posts on Medium.com.

Most recently, he started Gokada, a motorcycle ride-sharing company in Lagos, Nigeria, but the company faced setbacks and mass layoffs after Lagos banned companies like his in January.

NY police recovered the body from a building in the Lower East Side around 3:30pm local time, according to New York Daily News. NYPD spokesman Sgt. Media reports said Fahim Saleh was born in July 1986 to his Bangladeshi immigrant parents in Saudi Arabia.

The company operates in three cities of Bangladesh: Dhaka, Chittagong, Sylhet, and in Kathmandu, Nepal.

Saleh, a website developer turned venture capital, is the CEO of a motorcycle-sharing company in Lagos, Nigeria. Pathao CEO and Co-founder Hussain M Elius on a Facebook post said: “I am shocked and saddened to hear the reports of the death of Fahim Saleh, one of the founding members of the Pathao team. Fahim Saleh (33), co-founder of ride-sharing venture Pathao, was found dead in an apartment in New York. Bright young people like him elevated our whole industry. Quoting one official, NYT reported that some effort had been made to clear up evidence. The apartment was owned by the deceased and was recently purchased for $2.25 million. Sources describe the millionaire tech entrepreneur’s killing as an apparent targeted murder that was ‘interrupted’. Meanwhile, another source said that it looked like the killer was “interrupted.” “It didn’t look like the perp [perpetrator] was done.”. According to US media reports, CCTV footage from the building in which Saleh lived showed him entering a lift with a man wearing a mask on Monday. Detectives took his sister to the 7th Precinct station house later on Tuesday night. As the news of Fahim’s brutal murder spread, many took to social media to pay tribute to the young tech entrepreneur on Wednesday. Pathao CEO and Co-founder Hussain M Elius on a Facebook post said: “I am shocked and saddened to hear the reports of the death of Fahim Saleh, one of the founding members of the Pathao team. His father Saleh Uddin is originally from Chittagong. 2A Media Limited. It shows the victim getting into the elevator on Monday, followed quickly by a second man, dressed in a suit, wearing gloves, a hat and a mask over his face. Police have not publicly commented on the case or any identity but Gokada, one of the firms Saleh co-founded, tweeted to confirm his death. Officials said the medical examiner was yet to officially determine the cause of death, but the incident was being investigated as a homicide. This screenshot from an Instagram post post dated December 17, 2019 shows a building in New York where body of Pathao Co-Founder Fahim Saleh was found, This screenshot taken from a video published by New York Post shows a woman in tears in front of a police official inside the building where body of Pathao Co-Founder Fahim Saleh was found, Factbox: Quotes from the first Trump-Biden debate, MC College Gang Rape: Accused Tarekul shaved his beard, head to avoid arrest, Bangladesh to sign air transport agreement with US, Bangladeshis among migrants detained by police near Slovenian border, Stray dog relocation: Taposh pledges to work with animal rights activists for solution. Fahim Saleh (December 12, 1986 – July 13, 2020) was a Bangladeshi-American entrepreneur and computer programmer who founded Gokada, Pathao and JoBike. We are shocked and saddened to hear the reports of the death of Fahim Saleh, one of the founding members of the Pathao team. Later, police were seen questioning a sobbing woman — who sources identified as the sister — in the building lobby, reports The Post. The police suspect that the murder was carried out by a professional.

Copyright Ⓒ 2012-2019. Fahim, a website developer-turned-venture capitalist, bought the East Houston Street condo at $2.25 million and moved into it late last year, media reports said citing records.
“He was extremely smart, ambitious, very kind,” the female friend said.

"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.

Both New York Times (NYT) and New York Daily News reported, citing sources and the footage, that the attacker was wearing a suit, wearing gloves, a hat, and a black mask. Meanwhile, asking not to be named, one Pathao official said: “Fahim was very passionate about information technology. The electric saw used to cut up the body was still plugged in.