India, March 12 -- The state government will investigate corruption charges against the Fees Regulating Authority (FRA), ironically, the body meant to regulate fees in private, unaided professional colleges to prevent profiteering.

The investigation will be conducted by a retired high court judge, state higher and technical education minister Chandrakant Patil told the state legislative assembly on Wednesday.

Shiv Sena legislator Mahesh Shinde had alleged that FRA was involved in corrupt practices in cahoots with private colleges and other educational institutions, to approve inflated fee proposals. He further alleged that it had also cheated the government as the latter pays the fees of students from backward classes and economically w...