Dhaka, July 5 -- Attorney General Advocate Md Asaduzzaman on Saturday condemned mob justice as fundamentally incompatible with democratic principles, asserting that such actions directly contradict the spirit of the July Uprising.

Addressing a programme titled 'Shadow Parliament' hosted by Debate for Democracy at the Bangladesh Film Development Corporation (BFDC), Asaduzzaman cautioned that repeated incidents of mob violence-such as the recent assault on former Chief Election Commissioner Nurul Huda-threaten to erode the country's democratic gains, even in the name of ensuring accountability.

"Mob justice, in any form, is unacceptable," he said. "To uphold justice, we must rely on the rule of law-not public vengeance."

He called on all...