[6][7] Abu Sayed grew up in Babanpur village of Pirganj Upazila of Rangpur (then part of Rajshahi Division).

Sayed published a Facebook post on 15 July 2024, referring to Mohammad Shamsuzzoha, a martyr in the 1969 East Pakistan mass uprising: Sir!

[11][12]On 16 July, between 2:30 and 3:00 pm, quota reform protesters and police clashed in front of Begum Rokeya University.

[14][15][16] Later on 28 October 2024, The Begum Rokeya University authorities temporarily suspended two teachers and seven staff members in connection with their involvement in the killing of Sayed.

"[18] In tribute to his legacy, Rangpur Park intersection was renamed "Shaheed Abu Sayed Chatwar" by students in his honor.

[a] On August 7, 2024, Shafiqur Rahman, Ameer of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, visited Sayed's grave in Rangpur to pay his respects.

[24] Following the exile of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and the dissolution of her cabinet amid national uprising, interim Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus expressed that Sayed’s memory remained "in every person's heart in Bangladesh."

[25] The Chairman of the National Board of Revenue, Md Abdur Rahman Khan, went on to refer to Abu Sayed as “Bir Sreshtho” during a discussion at the NBR’s Multipurpose Hall in Dhaka.