Person in custody in connection with death of tech entrepreneur Fahim Saleh, source says

A person was in custody Friday morning in connection with the dismemberment of tech entrepreneur Fahim Saleh at his luxury Manhattan condo, according to a senior law enforcement source.

The person has not been arrested and the source would not characterize the individual or their relationship to Saleh.

Saleh, 33, was found dead in his Lower East Side apartment by a relative earlier this week, a law enforcement source told CNN.

Saleh died of multiple stab wounds, New York City’s medical examiner said on Thursday.

He was last seen in surveillance video getting into an elevator in his apartment building and a man dressed in all black — who police believe is Saleh’s assailant — entering the elevator with him, according to the law enforcement official.

The elevator in Saleh’s building goes straight into the apartment units there, the source said.

Saleh died from stab wounds to the neck and torso; the manner of death was homicide, according to the medical examiner.

Saleh was the founder and CEO of Gokada, a motorbike-hailing app in Nigeria. His family described him as a “brilliant and innovative mind” in a statement confirming his death.

He was the son of Bangladeshi immigrants, and created his first company, PrankDial.com, as a high schooler. The website for prerecorded prank phone calls generated over $10 million since its start, he wrote in 2018.

He most recently founded the venture capital firm Adventure Capital — which invested in ride-sharing start-ups in countries like Bangladesh and Colombia.