Attorney General Mahbubey Alam today prayed to the Supreme Court to uphold the death sentence of war criminal Motiur Rahman Nizami for his crimes against humanity during the country’s Liberation war in 1971.

The death sentence is the appropriate punishment for Nizami as people of the country are seeking justice for 1971 martyrs, the attorney general told the court while placing arguments before the Appellate Division.

Nizami instigated Al-Badr Bahini, an auxiliary force of then Pakistani army, for killing people including intellectuals in 1971 war, he said at the court on the 10th day of the hearing today.