The officers of the Terrorism Investigation Division (TID) on March 31 arrested four suspects for spreading extremist ideologies and Wahabism in social media platforms, reports Daily Mirror. Two suspects, a 31-year-old man from Wellampitiya and a 32-year-old male from Thihariya returned from Qatar after working there for a couple of years. During their tenure in Qatar, they had created a WhatsApp group known as 'One Umma' and had circulated various ideologies connected to extremism and Wahabism among the Sri Lankans who were in their group. Investigations have brought to light that they had promoted Zahran Hashim's ideology on extremism and Wahabism. Accordingly, the Sri Lankan authorities alerted the Qatar authorities about their activities through the social media group which they had created. Upon the investigations conducted by the Qatari authorities, the suspects had been deported. Following investigations by the TID, the suspects were arrested under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA). Meanwhile, another two suspects have been arrested in Muthurtown of Trincomalee District in Eastern Province. The investigations said that the duo has conducted instructions and classes in 2018 for schoolchildren who had done their G.C.E. Ordinary Level (O/L) examination. The classes were conducted by the followers of Zahran Hazim. The duo was also brought to the TID for further investigations.