Dhaka/IBNS, Oct. 14 -- An adviser to Bangladesh Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has warned of legal action after former interim government chief and Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus was heckled at New York's John F. Kennedy (JFK) International Airport, media reports said.

Zahed Ur Rahman described those who heckled Yunus as supporters of the disbanded Awami League.

Addressing a press briefing, Rahman warned that such activities would not be tolerated.

Yunus was heckled by a group of Bangladeshi expatriates at JFK Airport on October 12 amid political tensions over his tenure as head of Bangladesh's interim government.

The Nobel Peace Prize laureate had arrived from Doha on a Qatar Airways flight and was seen in a wheelchair as protesters co...