I have been practising in this area for the past 30 years, have treated two generations. I thought, during this Coronavirus crisis, I will help my people, but I have been threatened by mobs, so now, I have no choice, but to close my clinic," said Dr Ashish Lokare from Mulund West.

Dr Lokare, 57, has a clinic at Ghati Pada, Mulund West, where his wife, son and daughter-in-law also practise. Over the past seven days, he was warned twice against seeing patients, as a plush society nearby feared that people visiting him from the slum in the area would spread the disease.