In a damage control exercise, the Sports Ministry today claimed that the alleged case of aggressive behaviour by one of its unaccredited officials in the Rio Olympic Games was a case of misunderstanding but it has still instructed him to "strictly follow" the rules set by the Organising Committee.The Indian contingent in Rio has been left embarrassed after the Organising Committee's Continental Manager SarahPaterson threatened to cancel the accreditation of Sports Minister Vijay Goel for the "aggressive and rude" behaviour of his entourage in a letter to Chef-de-Mission Rakesh Gupta.However, the Ministry, in a statement issued today,denied receiving any such complaint either from the Rio OC orthe IOA.The Ministry also sought to clarify that only a three-member delegation has accompanied Goel on the trip.