Shahid Uddin Khan

Shahid Uddin Khan is a retired Bangladesh Army officer who was forced into exile following a business dispute with Tarique Ahmed Siddique, defence and security adviser to the Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina. He is living in the United Kingdom. He was sentenced to nine years imprisonment in a tax evasion case.

Career Khan was the commander of the Chapainawabganj Sector of Bangladesh Rifles in 2003 when traders went on strike after his soldiers seized scrap metal to be exported to India. Regional Customs Commissioner Ali Ahmed criticised the move and claimed Bangladesh Rifles did not have the authority to seize goods and claimed they took it at gunpoint.

According to an Al Jazeera Investigative Unit report, published on 29 March 2019, Tarique Ahmed Siddique used intelligence agencies to abduct employees of business associate Colonel Shahid Uddin Khan, who is in exile in the United Kingdom. The family members of the men have not heard from them since their abduction. As defence advisor, he had control over the intelligence agencies and the Bangladesh military.

In December 2020, Khan was sentenced to nine years in jail in a tax evasion case by Judge Mohammad Nazrul Islam. Assistant tax commissioner of Circle-9, Sheikh Ali Hasan, had filed the case against Khan on 25 September 2019. In September 2021, Khan and his wife, Farhana Anjum Khan, were sentenced to 10 years imprisonment by Judge Hafsa Jhuma for possession of counterfeit currencies worth 300 thousand BDT. The money and illegal guns were seized from his residence by Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime.

In April 2025, a travel ban was issued against Khan, his wife, and daughters following corruption allegation against Prochchhaya Limited. He is the chairman of Prochchhaya Limited.