Dozens injured in violent clashes over Bangladesh government jobs quota system

Police in Bangladesh fired tear gas and charged with batons during violent clashes between a pro-government student body and student protesters over a government jobs quota system (Abdul Goni/AP)

Police in Bangladesh fired tear gas and charged with batons during violent clashes between a pro-government student body and student protesters overnight, leaving dozens injured at a public university outside the capital, authorities and students said on Tuesday.

The violence spread at Jahangir Nagar University in Savar, outside Dhaka, where protesters were demanding an end to a quota reserved for family members of veterans who fought in Bangladesh’s war of independence in 1971, allowing them to take up 30% of governmental jobs.