Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Sunday said that one hundred and forty seven people died in violence during quota reform protests, reports UNB.

He said these while talking to reporters at the secretariat.

Further search is underway to determine the death toll.

Police are working to determine how many women, men and people of different professions were among the dead, said the minister.

The students' protests demanding reform in government job quota began on July 1. After the students’ clashes with police and Chhata League activists on Dhaka University campus on July 15, violence spread all over the country.

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