India, May 30 -- Maharashtra police have registered an FIR against a senior government doctor for allegedly instructing another medic to "kill" a Covid-19 patient during the second wave of the crisis in 2021.

The accused, Dr Shashikant Deshpande, who was the additional district surgeon at Udgir Government Hospital during the second wave of the pandemic, was caught in an audio clip, which surfaced online earlier this month, according to news agency PTI.

The clip, which went viral on social media, allegedly captured a conversation between Dr Deshpande and Dr Shashikant Dange. In the audio, the doctor can be heard saying, "Don't allow anyone to go inside, just kill that Dayami woman."

The patient in question, Kausar Fatima, was admitted w...