DHAKA — 2019 · Murder
Murder of Abrar Fahad
Abrar Fahad, a second-year electrical and electronic engineering student at the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), was beaten for hours and killed on the night of 6 October 2019 in his residence, Sher-e-Bangla Hall, by students belonging to the Bangladesh Chhatra League, the student wing of the then ruling party. The attack reportedly followed a Facebook post in which Fahad criticised water-sharing agreements with India. The killing set off student protests across the country, and BUET banned political organising on campus. In December 2021 a speedy trial tribunal in Dhaka sentenced 20 defendants to death and five to life imprisonment; the High Court upheld the sentences in March 2025.
- Date
- 2019
- Place
- BUET, Sher-e-Bangla Hall, Bangladesh, Dhaka, BD
- Category
- Murder
- Case Status
- Solved
- Coordinates
- 23.7260, 90.3920 ↗
Timeline of Events
- 6-7 October 2019Abrar Fahad was beaten to death in his hall.
- October 2019After protests BUET banned political organising on campus.
- 8 December 2021Twenty defendants were sentenced to death and five to life.
- 16 March 2025The High Court upheld the verdict.
Sources
- The Daily Star — HC upholds gallows for 20 Buet students thedailystar.net ↗
- Prothom Alo — Abrar Fahad murder en.prothomalo.com ↗
- Wikipedia — Murder of Abrar Fahad en.wikipedia.org ↗
- The Daily Star
- Prothom Alo
- Wikipedia
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