Dhaka: Bangladesh's Supreme Court today upheld the death sentence handed down to a fundamentalistJamaat-e-Islami stalwart for committing mass murder and crimes against humanity during the 1971 liberation war against Pakistan.

The four-member Appellate Division of the Supreme Court headed by Justice S K Sinha pronounced the verdict on the
appeal filed by 62-year-old Muhammad Quamaruzzaman against the death penalty handed down to him in May last year by a special tribunal.