[2] Sohel started his career in acting by winning the Bangladesh Film Development Corporation, talent hunt, Notun Mukher Sondhane, along with his future wife Parveen Sultana Diti.

[5][6][7] In July 1999, Dhaka Metropolitan Police’s Detective Branch filed a chargesheet in court against nine individuals, Aziz Mohammad, Bunti Islam, Ashish Roy Chowdhury (also known as Botol Chowdhury),[8] Sanjidul Islam Emon, Adnan Siddiqui, Tariq Sayeed Mamun, Selim Khan, Harun Ur Rashid (also known as Leather Liton) and Farooq Abbasi.

[9] According to the complaint, Sohel Chowdhury verbally abused Aziz Mohammad during an altercation over a supposed female friend at the club a few months prior.

[10] In 2004, following a petition filed by an accused, Adnan Siddiqui, the High Court stayed the trial proceedings but the order was vacated in 2015.

[4][8] In March 2008, Sanjidul Islam Emon admitted that members of his gang shot dead film actor Sohel Chowdhury although he was not present at the scene.