India has strongly denied suggestions made by the Pakistan foreign office that India had a hand in the Jaffar Express attack. MEA official spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said, "We strongly reject the baseless allegations made by Pakistan.

The Ministry of External Affairs reiterated that the world is aware that the epicentre of terrorism is Pakistan. Islamabad should introspect instead of blaming others for its own internal problems and failures,

Following the hijacking of the Jaffar Express by the Balochistan Liberation Army, Pakistan’s foreign ministry spokesperson had accused India of ‘sponsoring terrorism’.