The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) yesterday issued death warrant for Syed Mohammad Kaisar for his crimes against humanity during the 1971 Liberation War.

The full verdict of the Supreme Court, upholding the death penalty of Jatiya Party leader and former state minister Kaiser, has been received and sent to the office concerned, said Syed Ahmed, registrar of the ICT.

The death warrant has been sent to the Dhaka Central Jail, Keraniganj, secretaries to the home and law ministries and the district magistrate.

Kaiser can file a petition seeking review of the death penalty within 15 days.

On January 14, the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court upheld the death penalty of the JP leader, handed down by the ICT for his crimes against humanity.

The full SC verdict was published on Wednesday.

On January 23, 2014, the ICT sentenced Kaiser to death. The ICT also sentenced him to death on seven charges, life-term imprisonment on four charges and 22-year-jail on three other charges.

Later, Kaiser filed an appeal petition against the verdict.