Gazipur, April 6 -- Several students were injured on Monday reportedly after clashes broke out between protesting students and security personnel at the National University campus in Gazipur, amid a dispute over the grace mark policy.

Witnesses said third-year degree students had been staging a peaceful sit-in at the university gate, demanding a second phase of grace marks and access to their examination records.

According to the protesting students, tensions escalated when the vice-chancellor came out to speak with them.

They alleged that university security staff and officials then charged at the demonstrators with sticks, leaving several injured.

However, the university authorities presented a different account.

In a press release...