Tyrese Devon Haspil, the prime accused in the gruesome murder of Bangladeshi-American tech entrepreneur Fahim Saleh, has pleaded 'not guilty' to second-degree murder.
Haspil, a native New Yorker, has had no prior criminal record before his alleged involvement in the grisly murder, said Sam Roberts and Neville Mitchell, Legal Aid Society attorneys with the Homicide Defense Task Force, CNN reported on Sunday.
The 21-year-old former executive assistant to Fahim has been charged with second-degree murder after his arrest on Friday in connection with employer's murder at the latter's luxury condo at Lower East Side in New York’s Manhattan.
Fahim, a co-founder of Bangladeshi ride-sharing company Pathao and the CEO of Nigeria-based ride-hailing firm Gokada, was discovered brutally murdered on July 14, when his sister went to check on him at his apartment.
