India, Oct. 13 -- Former Bangladesh interim government chief adviser Muhammad Yunus was heckled by a group of Bangladeshi expatriates at John F Kennedy (JFK) International Airport in New York on Monday. The incident drew condemnation from political leaders in Bangladesh, while the government said it would take legal action against the "Awami terrorists".

The Nobel laureate arrived from Doha on a Qatar Airways flight and faced angry remarks from several people after reaching Terminal 8, according to Bangladeshi newspaper Daily Sun.

A video circulating on social media shows people shouting at Yunus as he sat in a wheelchair inside the airport. One man can be heard saying, "You, terrorist why did you come here. You have destroyed democracy...