Dhaka, Dec. 24 -- The family of Mobarak Hossain Sihab, who was killed in clashes over control of a sandbar in Noakhali's Hatia Upazila, has claimed he had gone there to bring his father back home.

Sihab, 23, was a 12th grade humanities student at Saikat Government College.

Police claims Sihab's father Md Shamsuddin is the leader of the "Kopa Shamsu" gang. However, Shamsuddin's wife Mahfuza Begum denied the allegations on Wednesday, saying some people had lured her husband to the sandbar.

"After hearing about it, my son Sihab went there the day before yesterday to bring his father back. Yesterday, my son's body was returned," she said.

Five people were killed and around 10 injured in clashes and gunfire at Jaglar Char sandbar early Tue...