JAMMU, July 5 -- Jammu & Kashmir Lt Governor Manoj Sinha on Saturday suspended eight officials of the School Education Department and removed a contractual staffer amid row over allegations that two textbooks distributed in government school libraries "glorified" separatist leaders and convicted terrorists as great personalities and legends. In an order, the school education department said the books - "Personalities and Legends of J&K", authored by Hilal Ahmad and Santosh Meena and published by Oberoi Book Service in Jammu; and "Great Personalities of Jammu and Kashmir", authored by Sushant Giri and published by Anurag Prakashan, Delhi - were withdrawn on Friday. The authors and publishers have been banned. The books allegedly glorified separatists and terrorists Maqbool Bhat, Syed Ali Shah Geelani, Massarat Alam and Hurriyat leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq. HT could not independently verify the veracity of the contents of the textbooks. The leader of the opposition in legislative assembly Sunil Sharma called the act "academic jihad" aimed at polluting young minds....