New Delhi, Oct. 13 -- Muhammad Yunus, who headed Bangladesh's interim government after Sheikh Hasina's ouster, faced an angry confrontation with Bangladeshi expatriates at New York's John F. Kennedy (JFK) International Airport on Monday.

Yunus was called a "terrorist" and accused of being responsible for killings and undermining democracy in Bangladesh. Several protesters shouted allegations at the Nobel laureate as security personnel escorted him out of the airport in a wheelchair.

"You terrorist. You have killed people in Bangladesh. Why have you come here? Tell us, why have you come?" a man was heard shouting at Yunus in a video circulating on social media.

The confrontation took place after Yunus arrived at Terminal 8 on a Qatar Ai...