After years of relative calm, Dhaka’s underworld has again become active, with renewed incidents of extortion, territorial disputes and killings. Police sources report that the resurgence began after a series of violent events since 2023, including the recent killing of listed top criminal Khondkar Naim Ahmed Titon in New Market. The use of illegal firearms has raised serious concern among law enforcement agencies.

According to police, many of these criminals had been in hiding or imprisoned but reemerged following a 2023 shooting targeting gangster Tarek Saeed Mamun that injured a lawyer. Subsequent murders, including that of businessman Sadhan in 2024, have been linked to overseas crime bosses. Groups such as those led by Robin, Dalim, and Subrata Bain are reportedly operating from abroad, while older networks like the Seven Star and Five Star groups have resurfaced.

Police say they are working to curb the flow of illegal weapons and bring fugitive criminals under the law. However, the failure to recover weapons lost during the July 2024 unrest continues to worry authorities, who fear these arms may have reached criminal hands.