India, Sept. 19 -- India on Friday rejected Pakistan's allegations over a naval collision in the Arabian Sea, accusing a Pakistani warship of carrying out a dangerous and unprofessional manoeuvre that resulted in a collision with the Indian Navy's frontline warship INS Kolkata.

The Ministry of External Affairs said Pakistan's response to India's formal protest amounted to "prevarication" and firmly dismissed the allegations that the Indian vessel had acted provocatively inside Pakistan's Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ).

"We have seen Pakistan's response to the protest we had lodged. It is the usual prevarication that we expected. We reject the allegations and insinuations contained therein," MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said at his re...