Mumbai, Feb 20 (IANS): Actors Sidharth Shukla and Tina Dutta, who are a part of the seventh season of stunt-based reality show "Khatron ke Khiladi", have injured themselves while performing some stunts.

Tina was rushed to the paramedics as she hurt herself by a doing a stunt titled the crab helmet stunt, where the face of the contestant is shut in a box and then filled with tiny crabs which led to the increase in the water level. 

The "Uttaran" actress had to abort the stunt as she has a breathing problem.

"I have always had breathing problems and when the water level inside the helmet started rising I felt claustrophobic and had no option but to abort the stunt," Tina said in a statement. 

But, the actress does not regret aborting the stunt instead she says that she is "glad" that she did not carry on.

"The crabs were all over my face and they were getting inside my nose. I am glad that aborted the stunt not because of my fear but because of physical illness," she added.

Tina is not the only actress who has hurt herself in the show. Earlier, actor Sidharth Shukla had injured himself by performing a task named the crocodile assault stunt. Mahhi Vij too got hurt this month.

Apart from Tina, Siddharth and Mahhi, “Khatron Ke Khiladi - Kabhi Peeda Kabhi Keeda”, which is hosted by actor Arjun Kapoor, also features Faisal Khan, Parvathy Omanakuttan, Tanishaa Mukerji, Sana Saeed, Aishwarya Sakhuja, Vivan Bhatena, Yuvraj Walmiki, Mukti Mohan and Raghav Juyal.

The Colors channel show was shot in Argentina.