Dhaka, June 27 (UNB)- The Army Headquarters termed as misleading the news item headlined “Foreign ship detained in India after offloading arms in Chittagong,” published in some dailies here today (Sunday).

Quoting Army Headquarters statement, Inter Service Public Relations (ISPR) press release said MV Aegean Glory carrying military equipments of some contingents along with a Battalion under the supervision of UN returned to Chittagong port on June 15 after accomplishing their task for the United Nations mission in Liberia.

It said that on June 24, the ship left the port after offloading the equipments from June 19-23 under the supervision of local shipping agent Messrs Sunshine Business Limited. Among the equipment, 32 containers carried war weapons and military vehicles.

The military equipment are being handed over from Chittagong port to Bangladesh Army in Dhaka Cantonment under the supervision of UN- nominated shipping agent Sunshine Business Limited, the press release said.

The same ship also carried some military equipment for Pakistan and Nepal under the supervision of the UN, the release added.