The owner of the motorcycle company, ‘GoKada’ and co-founder of ride-sharing venture ‘Pathao’, Fahim Saleh is dead.
Saleh was found dead in his New York apartment with the dismembered body of the deceased in a building on E Houston at Suffolk Street on the Lower Eastside at about 3:30 pm on Tuesday, according to New York Daily News.
The officers said they went thereafter the deceased’s sister called 911 because she had not seen her brother in a day.
The Officers also said the limbless, headless torso of the 33-year-old was found with an electric saw lying next to the remains.
Also, Hussain Elius, a ’Pathao’ Co-founder while reacting to his gruesome murder said they were shocked to hear of his demise.
”We are shocked and saddened to hear the reports of the death of Fahim Saleh, one of the founding members of the Pathao team.
“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,” he said.
Fahim was born in Saudi Arabia to Bangladeshi immigrants.
He started Gokada, a motorcycle ride-sharing company in Lagos, in 2018 and raised $5.3 million in venture capital in June 2019.
The business, however, faced major setbacks and mass layoffs after Lagos State banned commercial motorcycles (Okada) from operating, in January 2020.