Dhaka, Aug. 31 -- More than 50 students were injured in violent clashes between university students and residents near Chittagong University (CU) late Saturday night (Aug 30), following an incident involving the alleged harassment of a female student.

30 pm near Gate 2 of the university campus on August 30.

According to eyewitnesses and local sources, tensions flared after a female student in the university's philosophy department returned to her dormitory late at night to find the entrance locked. She claimed that the dormitory guard ignored her repeated requests for the gate to be opened.

"When my roommates forced him to open the door, the guard physically assaulted me," she recounted. "He not only refused to let me in at first, but ...