Dhaka, March 16 -- Attorney General Asaduzzaman has issued a stern rebuke to proponents of authoritarianism, emphasising that no matter how firmly a group controls the state machinery, the people will inevitably rise up against tyranny.

Reacting to the High Court's verdict in the high-profile murder case of BUET student Abrar Fahad on Sunday, the state's chief legal officer quoted Chinese revolutionary leader Mao Zedong and said, "Some deaths are as heavy as a mountain, while others are as light as a feather. Abrar's death weighs on us like a mountain.

"It has shaken the very foundation of the nation's moral conscience. His murder has exposed how political fascism can grow unchecked over time. At the same time, his death reminds us that...