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According to reports, officials believe that his radicalistation took place in Dubai where he supposedly moved for work. Haneef Waseem, 25, a techie from Telangana, reportedly died while
fighting for the Islamic State in Syria. A report in _Deccan Herald_ states that he was engaged to a girl from Hyderabad in September 2014 and left for Syria in February 2015 and that he
eventually died on March 15, 2015. According to reports, he called his father Mohammad Aleem from Dubai and told that he wanted to cancel the engagement as he was joining the Islamic State
and was flying to Syria. Reports also states that Waseem called his fiancée and informed her that he was dedicating his life to ‘jihad’ and didn’t think he could lead a normal life. His
father Mohammad Aleem is stated to have kept the matter and the subsequent death of Waseem under wraps as he was scared of being ostracised by society. They then shifted from Mancherial to
Shastripuram in Telangana. Aleem has told media that his son completed his BTech from Shadhan College of Engineering and Technology and went to the UK to do his MS in November, 2014.
According to the daily, officials believe that his radicalistation took place in Dubai where he supposedly moved for work.