New Delhi, Feb 15 : The Intelligence Bureau and the Research & Analysis Wing (RAW) are engaged in a blame-game, when it comes to issues in areas bordering Nepal, said a former senior RAW official.

"Actually this side of the border, the RAW has nothing to do with all that. It is the IB, which is handling everything," S Chandrashekharan told BBC Nepali Service.

Chandrashekharan, who was with the Indian embassy in Kathmandu in the late 1970s until early 1980s, accepted that the two intelligence agencies do engage in passing bucks.