Mohammed Moquim

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Mohammed Moquim (born 3 July 1965)^[1] is an Indian politician from INC.^[2] He was a member of the Odisha Legislative Assembly from Barabati-Cuttack.^[3][4]

Mohammed Moquim
Member of Odisha Legislative Assembly
In office 23 May 2019 – 04 jun 2024
Preceded by	Debashish Samantaray
Succeeded by	Sofia Firdous
Constituency	Barabati-Cuttack
Personal details
Born	(1965-07-03) 3 July 1965 (age 60)
Political party	INC
Spouse	Firdousia Bano
Parent	Mohamed Nayeem (father)
Residence(s)	Lalbag Cuttack district, Odisha
Alma mater	Orissa Engineering College, Bhubaneswar
Profession	Politician

Personal life

Moquim is from Lalbag, Cuttack district. His father's name is Mohammed Nayeem. He is married to Firdousia Bano and has 2 daughters namely Sofia Firdous and Nayeema Tazeen. He passed BE From Orissa Engineering College in 1990.^[5] He owns Metro Group which is intoConstruction and Real estate business in Odisha.^[6]

Career

He contested 2019 Odisha Legislative Assembly election from Barabati-Cuttack Vidhan Sabha and won the seat on 23 May 2019.^[7][8][9]

Controversies

In 2024, Supreme Court of India convicted him in Odisha Rural Housing & Development Corporation loan fraud case and thus making him ineligible to contest in 2024 Odisha Legislative Assembly election.^[10][11]