Top gangster shot dead in New Market

A top‑listed
criminal was shot dead in front of Dhaka University’s Shaheed Shahnewaz Hall in
the New Market area around 8:00pm last night.
Khandokar
Noyeem Ahmed Titon, 59, was released on bail in August 2024 after serving a
long prison term. His name appeared second on the government’s list of 23 top
criminals in 2001. Investigators believe he was killed by his rivals in the
underworld.
He was the
brother‑in‑law of another notorious gangster, Sanjidul Islam Emon. Law
enforcement sources said Emon himself is suspected of involvement. Emon was
also suspected of orchestrating the daylight shooting of Tariq Saif Mamun,
another top criminal, in Old Dhaka on November 10 last year.
Police
said Titon was long involved in extortion and tender manipulation, among other
criminal activities in Rayerbazar and Mohammadpur. Though out on bail, he had
been absconding without appearing before court.
Masud Alam,
deputy commissioner of DMP’s Ramna Division, said police are trying to track
down the killers. “Footage from CCTV cameras in surrounding areas is being
collected, and eyewitnesses are being interviewed.”
Witnesses
said two men on a motorcycle carried out the attack. One assailant fired
multiple rounds at Titon, finally shooting him in the head before fleeing
through an alley near the BGB gate. Locals chased them, but the attackers fired
at the crowd to escape. Both wore hats and masks.
Pedestrians
and students rushed Titon to Dhaka Medical College Hospital, where doctors
pronounced him dead at 8:30pm. Inspector Md Faruk of the DMCH police outpost
said the body bore multiple bullet wounds.
Police
sources said Titon entered the underworld in the early 1990s, first as a local
gang member before expanding his reach. He orchestrated multiple killings and
built a powerful arms‑trading network. He faced several murder cases, including
the high‑profile killing of businessman Babar Elahi.
Law
enforcers arrested him in the Dhaka cantonment area in 2004. A decade later, he
was sentenced to death in the Babar Elahi case. In August 2024, he walked out
on bail from Kashimpur High Security Central Jail.
















