A 25 year old youngster from Telangana lost his life after joining the Islamic State in Syria. Mohd Haneef Waseem, 27, had reportedly joined the dreaded Terrorist organization, ISIS in Syria in February this year. Police investigation confirmed that the youngster was in London to pursue Masters in November 2014 but got attracted to ISIS and was killed in Syria war.
Mancherial town at Adilabad district in Telangana is the native of Haneef and his family was settled in Hyderabad for the past few years. He completed his degree from Shadan College of Engineering. Their family members said that they got the death news of Haneef through an SMS in Arabic language, which they got translated. Police are investigating whether he had influenced any other youngsters and took them along to the organization in Syria.
Last year, Hyderabad Police had foiled attempts by six youths from the city, including two engineers and a former Google employee, who were allegedly plotting to join the ISIS ranks after getting attracted to the terror group’s who selected the social networking sites as their platform.