Khulna, Feb. 18 -- Clashes broke out between two groups of students over the demand of banning student politics on Khulna University of Engineering and Technology (Kuet) campus on Tuesday.

Public Relations Officer of Border Guard of Bangladesh Md Shariful Islam said two platoons of BGB members were deployed amid tension on the campus.

Witnesses said some general students marched on the campus with slogans in favour of banning student politics on the campus on Tuesday afternoon.

Later, another group of students, said to be members of the Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD), also brought out a counter-procession from the Central Mosque area, sparking tension on the campus.

A group of outsiders allegedly joined the JCD members and locked into...