The Supreme Court has upheld the death penalty of condemned war criminal Muhammad Kamaruzzaman for killing 144 villagers at Sohagpur village in Sherpur during the 1971 Liberation War.

A 4-member bench of the Appellate Division headed by Chief Justice SK Sinha passed the order rejecting Kamaruzzaman's review petition on Monday morning.

Kamaruzzaman's lawyer Shishir Monir