Bengaluru: Primary and Secondary Education Minister Kimmane Ratnakar said on Tuesday that those involved in paper leaks will be penalized and will be considered as a criminal offence.

Ratnakar has asked the CID to look into all the issues from 2012 onwards. He said that a decision has been made to amend the Karnataka Education Act to introduce the punishment clause.

“Leak of paper question papers by officials, teachers, parents or students will be considered a criminal and non-bailable offence,” he said.

The minister also told that to curtail malpractices and irregularities there will be decision on forming a separate board of PU examination and administration department.

There is also a proposal to separate the PU examination board from the administrative wing of the department.

“The two are now merged and they need to be separated to curtail malpractices and irregularities,” he added.

Ratnakar informed that there would be no delay in announcement of PU results. The results might be out before the CET examinations, in the first week of May.