Jammu, July 13 -- The counter intelligence unit, Jammu, has arrested three publishers in connection with the publication and distribution of books allegedly glorifying terrorists and separatist leaders that were supplied to government school libraries under the Samagra Shiksha Mission in Jammu and Kashmir. The arrested publishers have been identified as Inderpaul of Jammu-based Oberoi Book Service and Amardeep Singh and Girish Arora of Noida-based Dominant Publishers. Officials said the arrests were made as part of an ongoing investigation into the procurement and distribution of two controversial books that triggered widespread public outrage after their contents came to light. According to officials, the counter intelligence unit registered an FIR on July 4 under Sections 49 (abetment), 61(2) (criminal conspiracy), 152 (acts endangering the sovereignty, unity and integrity of India), 196 (promoting enmity and disharmony), and 353 (publishing or circulating false statements, rumours or reports) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, along with Section 13 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act. Investigators are scrutinising the role of the publishers in printing, publishing and distributing the books, besides examining the procurement process through which they found their way into government school libraries. Counter intelligence teams had conducted raids on the premises of Oberoi Book Service and Dominant Publishers on July 6. Officials said both publishing houses had previously been blacklisted by the government. The school education department said the two books were withdrawn on July 3. The controversy prompted the Jammu and Kashmir school education department to order a high-level inquiry into the selection and procurement of the books. On July 4, Jammu and Kashmir lieutenant governor Manoj Sinha suspended eight officials from the school education department, dismissed a contractual staff member, and ordered an inquiry into the two controversial books that contained "highly inappropriate content". The action followed objections raised by the BJP, Congress, and other political groups, who claimed that the books allegedly "glorified" separatism. The suspended officials are Fazil Imran Saddiqui, coordinator (library), Samagra Shiksha; Gurjeet Singh, assistant coordinator, Samagra Shiksha; Sanjeev Sharma, principal, Government Higher Secondary School, Kore Pannu, Kathua; Shazia Kouser, academic officer, SCERT Jammu; Imtiyaz Ahmad Mir, lecturer, Boys Higher Secondary School, Wathoora, Budgam; Niranjan Sharma, lecturer, Government Higher Secondary School, Badhat, Kishtwar; Renu Mengi, lecturer, DIET Jammu; and Rajmohini, lecturer, Government Girls Higher Secondary School, Poonch. Sheikh Suheel Ahmad, a contractual computer assistant, was also disengaged with immediate effect. The books at the centre of the controversy are 'Personalities and Legends of J&K', authored by Hilal Ahmad and Santosh Meena and published by Oberoi Book Service, and 'Great Personalities of Jammu and Kashmir', authored by Sushant Giri and published by Anurag Prakashan, Delhi....