Former interim government chief adviser faces angry remarks at JFK as he leaves in a wheelchair after arriving from Doha
Former chief adviser of the interim government Professor Muhammad Yunus faced angry remarks from a group of Bangladeshi expatriates at John F Kennedy International Airport in New York on Monday.
Yunus arrived at the airport from Doha on a Qatar Airways flight on 12 October.
Several expatriates confronted him with irritated remarks after he reached Terminal 8, according to a video circulating on social media.
The footage shows people shouting at Yunus as he was being taken out of the airport in a wheelchair. They were heard calling him a “terrorist” and accusing him of killing Bangladeshis, undermining democracy and being responsible for the deaths of thousands of police personnel. Some also shouted, “Go back”.
Security personnel subsequently escorted him away from the scene.
Several people present at the airport said Yunus and Lamia Morshed, who was accompanying him, quickly moved back inside the airport during the incident.
However, the identities of the expatriates involved and further details of the incident could not be confirmed immediately.