The personal assistant to murdered Gokada CEO, Fahim Saleh, has been arrested in connection with the crime, the New York Times reported yesterday.
Saleh, 33, was found unresponsive in his Manhattan home on Tuesday afternoon with his body dismembered, New York Police said.
Now police investigations have revealed Tyrese Devon Haspil, 21, carried out the murder with the motive of getting away with a debt owed to Mr Saleh.
“Mr Hapsil is set to be charged in a criminal complaint with second-degree murder and other crimes.
“Detectives believe that the motive for the killing stemmed from Mr Saleh’s having discovered that the assistant had stolen tens of thousands of dollars from him, despite the fact that Mr Saleh had not reported the man and had set up what amounted to a repayment plan for him to return the money, one of the officials said,” the New York Times reported
According to the Times, “Investigators have also concluded that Mr Saleh was killed on Monday, the day before his body was found, and that the killer used his employer’s credit card to pay for a car to a Home Depot, on West 23rd Street in Manhattan, to buy cleaning supplies to sanitize the crime scene.”
The killer returned to Mr Saleh’s apartment the next day to dismember the body and clean up, only to be interrupted by Mr Saleh’s sister who discovered the crime scene.
Saleh, the son of Bangladeshi immigrants, was CEO of Nigerian motorcycle ride-hailing and delivery app Gokada.
