KANPUR/JHANSI, July 26 -- Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday said the BJP government would reduce the paper leak mafia to dust, asserting that those accused of jeopardising the future of students would face stringent punishment, including confiscation of property and prison terms under a proposed central law.

Addressing public meetings in Fatehpur and Jalaun, Adityanath said the Union government was bringing a stringent law against the paper leak and copying mafia that would prescribe a minimum jail term of 10 years, extendable to life imprisonment, along with fines of up to Rs.10 crore. He said the legislation, expected to be introduced in Parliament, reflected the prime minister's resolve to ensure that examination fraud did no...