India, May 21 -- India on Wednesday rejected the Pakistani military's "baseless allegations" about Indian involvement in the bombing of a school bus in Balochistan, and said it has become second nature for the neighbouring country to make such claims because of its reputation as an epicentre of terrorism.

A powerful blast that hit the school bus in Khuzdar killed six people, including four students, and injured dozens, Balochistan chief minister Sarfaraz Bugti told reporters.

External affairs ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal strongly refuted the "baseless allegations" by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the Pakistani military's media arm, that the attack was "planned and orchestrated by [the] terrorist state of India and...