According to Abu Sayed’s father, he saw a bullet wound on the back of his son’s head.
But forensic science tells a very different story. Rubber bullets do not pierce the body. They typically cause abrasions, contusions, or hematomas. Yet the injury found on the back of Abu Sayed’s head was a blunt trauma injury—caused by a heavy, blunt object. It was not, in any way, a bullet entry wound.
Video evidence shows that police batons did not strike him. On the contrary, it was Abu Sayed who attacked the police, even shattering an officer’s helmet. By law, the police could have responded with live firearms. They did not. Instead, they restrained themselves and used rubber bullets—classified as non-lethal. So the question remains: where did Abu Sayed’s fatal head injury come from?
Shocking video footage shows that after he was allegedly shot, Abu Sayed was dragged away by several men posing as “fellow students.” There, he either collapsed or was forced down. It was at that moment that the blunt trauma to his head could have occurred. Later, in hospital, new hematomas were found—proving he was struck again.
Here, the political conspiracy surfaces. Islami Chhatra Shibir quickly claimed Abu Sayed as one of their own. Why? Because they needed a body—a “martyr” they could exploit. If it were proven that police killed him, their scheme would collapse. By inflicting blunt trauma themselves, they manufactured confusion, fueling anti-state propaganda.
Today the truth is clear: Abu Sayed may have entered the field as a protester. But to Shibir, he was nothing more than a “political project”—a body to be staged as a martyr, a weapon to destabilize the nation. Forensic science, medico-legal evidence, and video footage together point to one conclusion: Abu Sayed was killed by Shibir, not by police bullets.
📚 Sources
Doctor tells tribunal he was pressured to alter Abu Sayed’s autopsy report — The Business Standard
Police officer testifies he was forced to omit gunshot wounds in report on slain student Abu Sayed — The Business Standard
Abu Sayed killing: ‘Forced to conceal pellet wounds in inquest report’ — The Daily Star
UN report: Abu Sayed killed extrajudicially by police — Dhaka Tribune
