Foreign Ship Detained In India

News misleading

Says army headquarters

27 June 2010, 18:00 PM

Unb, Dhaka

The Army Headquarters termed misleading the news item headlined “Foreign ship detained in India after offloading arms in Chittagong,” published in a section of dailies here yesterday. Quoting Army Headquarters statement, Inter Service Public Relations (ISPR) press release said MV Aegean Glory carrying military equipment 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 on June 24, the ship left the port after offloading the equipment 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.