State housing minister Prakash Mehta and CM Devendra Fadnavis

All decks have been cleared for conducting a probe into corruption charges against state housing minister Prakash Mehta, as Governor CH Vidyasagar Rao on Wednesday asked the Lokayukta to begin investigations. Last month, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis had requested the Governor to issue a direction to the Lokayukta to probe the matter.