Telangana Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Wednesday (April 15, 2026), launched a series of coordinated raids on MeeSeva centres across Telangana suspecting widespread corruption and malpractices. The raids began around 4 p.m. and continued into the early hours of Thursday (April 16, 2026).
Around 20 ACB teams fanned out across multiple districts, including Hyderabad, Medak, Nizamabad, Nalgonda, Karimnagar and Khammam, carrying out surprise inspections at service centres - meant to provide essential government services to citizens. In Hyderabad, the centres in Amberpet and Saroornagar came under scrutiny as part of the coordinated operation.
The raids follow a recent report by The Hindu, which exposed widespread overcharging and raised serious concerns about an organised agent nexus operating around MeeSeva outlets. Citizens were forced to pay anywhere between ₹200 and ₹10,000 for routine services that are officially priced far lower. In more complex cases, particularly those involving land-related documentation, the amounts allegedly escalated sharply, placing an additional burden on applicants.
Informal networks or middlemen facilitate access to faster or ‘guaranteed’ services for a price, undermining the transparency and accessibility that MeeSeva centres were designed to ensure.
