Police registered a case after senior surgeon Shashikant Deshpande was heard telling his junior Shashikant Dange to "kill" COVID-19 patient Kausar Fatima in a leaked audio from 2021. "Kill that [Fatima] woman. You're used to dealing with such people," Deshpande said. He'd made the comments while talking about bed availability with Dange on call, who'd kept his phone on loudspeaker.