GENEVA (Reuters) - The UN's human rights chief said on Wednesday there are reasonable grounds to believe officials of the former government of Bangladesh and security apparatus committed serious human rights violations against anti-government protesters last summer.

The U.N. published a report accusing Bangladesh's former government of committing human rights violations against protesters last summer. The investigation revealed crimes against humanity amid a widespread crackdown initiated when protests began over job quotas,

Officials from Bangladesh's former government and security apparatus systematically committed serious human rights violations against protesters staging mass demonstrations last summer, the U.N. human rights chief said on Wednesday.

The United Nations human rights office on Wednesday estimated that up to 1,400 people may have been killed in Bangladesh over three weeks last summer in a crackdown on student-led protests against the now-ousted former prime minister.