DHAKA: War criminal Kamaruzzaman Thursday filed a review petition against Appellate Division verdict that upheld death penalty against him.

The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-2 issued death warrant for Kamaruzzaman on February 19 after the apex court released full text of the verdict.

The tribunal sentenced Kamaruzzaman to death on May 9, 2013, for committing crimes against humanity during the 1971 Liberation War. Five out of seven charges were proved by the prosecution in the case.

Kamaruzzaman appealed against the judgment after a month.

The Apex Court handed down capital punishment to Kamaruzzaman for the massacre of Sherpur’s Sohagpur village, which has come to be widely known as “Bidhoba Palli,” or the village of widows, following a mass killing in 1971.

BDST: 1153 HRS, MAR 05, 2015