The chief executive of a tech company died in a luxury apartment in New York in a state where his body was chopped to pieces.

Fahim Saleh, 33, venture capitalist and CEO of Gokada, a car rental company in Nigeria, died in an apartment in Manhattan, New York, on July 15.

Police identified the suspect as a man dressed in black, who went into the elevator with Saleh.

When the CEO's sister came to see her, she spotted Saleh's headless body and hands in the area next to the living room.

"The media are reporting on a crime we still don't understand," the Saleh family said.

"No words or action would ever reassure us except arresting someone who acted like a devil on our relatives."

"We need to urge the New York police and other members of the law enforcement forces to work incessantly to find out the end of the crime and bring justice to Fahim."

Gokada expressed its grief on social media, saying Saleh is a "great leader, inspiring and enlightening the positive direction for all of us", "You will stay in our hearts forever"

Since high school, Saleh has founded PrankDial.com, a website that records prank calls he wrote in 2018, generating more than $ 10 million since it was launched.

Recently, he founded venture capital firm Adventure Capital, investing in hitchhike startups in countries like Bangladesh and Colombia.