Just weeks before Indian Navy's most modern destroyer, INS Kolkata, was to be commissioned, the warship was hit by an accident at the Mazgoan Dockyard in Mumbai on Friday.

INS Kolkata (officially called Yard 701) was undergoing fitments and trials when the mishap occurred in its engine room. The incident occurred at around 1 pm today.

While some reports claimed that there was a blast, others suggested that it was only a gas leak due to the malfunctioning of the Carbon Dioxide unit.

The Navy said in a statement, "Yard-701 had a malfunction, leading to gas leakage. One naval officer and some MDL personnel have been hospitalised."

However, multiple reports have claimed that a Naval officer of Commander rank died in the mishap. He has been identified as Kuntal Wadhwa.


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