DHAKA: Nobel laureate and former Bangladesh interim govt chief adviser Muhammad Yunus was confronted by a group of Awami League supporters at New York’s John F Kennedy airport, who termed him a “terrorist” for “killing civilians, arresting thousands and destroying democracy in Bangladesh”.
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Bangladesh govt condemned the harassment of the former chief adviser, while the PM’s information and broadcasting adviser Zahed Ur Rahman said govt views the incident — a video of which has surfaced online — as “Awami terror” and necessary action will be taken. The foreign ministry said it has asked its mission in NY to take up the matter with law enforcement agencies. “You killed a thousand people in Bangladesh. You terrorist! Why did you come here? He (Yunus) killed a thousand police in my country. He destroyed democracy,” a supporter of the party, was heard saying as a wheelchair-bound Yunus was leaving the airport Monday.