NEW DELHI (PTI): Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will commission the newly built Scorpene class submarine INS Khanderi on September 28, the Navy said on Friday.

The submarine was handed over to the Navy by Mazgaon Dockyard Ltd, a defence PSU, on Thursday.

"The new INSKhanderi, 2nd of the Project 75 submarine built at MDL. To be commissioned on 28 Sep 19, at Mumbai, by the Honourable Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh," the Navy tweeted.