Dhaka, April 28 -- A listed top terror was shot to death in the New Market area of the capital on Tuesday evening.

The deceased was identified as Khandokar Noyeem Ahmed Titon, 59, son of KM Fakhruddin. He was the brother-in-law of another notorious criminal Sanjidul Islam Emon, said Mohammad Ayub, officer-in-charge of New Market Police Station.

He used to live at Sultanganj under Hazaribagh Police Station in the capital.

Titon was ranked second on the list of 23 top criminals prepared by the government in 2001.

Police suspect he was killed following a conflict among rival criminal groups, saying they are trying to identify those involved in the murder.

The incident took place around 7:50pm in front of the Shaheed Shahnewaz Hostel nea...