SHILLONG, April 22 -- Refuting the allegations by the proscribed the Hynniewtrep National Liberation Council (HNLC), Deputy Chief Minister Prestone Tynsong on Monday said he is shocked by the outfit's claim that Meghalaya Government is allowing the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) to operate in Bangladesh."I am shocked at the statement made by the outfit but I tell you that we have no role at all to allow or not the RAW to operate in Bangladesh," Tynsong said here.

"We are also not aware as the role of the RAW you know, they do not have to consult any state government," he said while refusing to comment on the BSF by citing that it is also a central government agency.

The general secretary-cum-publicity secretary of HNLC, Sainkupar Nong...