[4] Khan was the commander of Chapainawabganj Sector of Bangladesh Rifles in 2003 when traders went on strike after his soldiers seized scrap metal to be exported to India.

[5] In 2012, a report by Salah Choudhury published in openDemocracy raised allegations that Colonel Shahid Uddin Khan was engaged in influence peddling and corrupt practices with the backing of Tarique Ahmed Siddique, Defence and Security adviser to the Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina.

[7] In December 2020, Khan was sentenced to nine years jail in a tax evasion case by Judge Mohammad Nazrul Islam.

[8][9] Assistant tax commissioner of Circle-9, Sheikh Ali Hasan, had filed the case against Khan on 25 September 2019.

[8] His rank of Colonel was scrapped in May 2021 according to a statement issued by the Deputy Secretary to the Ministry of Defence, Wahida Sultana.