Hyderabad, Nov. 2 -- Cases of parents being neglected and abandoned by children are on the rise in Telangana. Since 2021, the state police have received 8,514 complaints from parents seeking protection from eviction and financial abandonment.

The complaints were filed under the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens (MWPSC) Act. The number of complaints is considerable, given that Telangana has a law that allows a 15 per cent salary deduction from professionals who neglect their parents.

As many as 8,594 cases were filed before revenue divisional officers (RDOs) across the state between 2021 and Aug 2026 under the Act.

Importantly, nearly 3,100 cases were between April 2025 and August 2026 alone, indicating a sharp rise...