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Rajdeep Sardesai of Headlines Today heckled in New York

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Last Updated : Sep 28 2014 | 9:20 PM IST

Senior journalist Rajdeep Sardesai of Headlines Today news channel was heckled and roughed up, allegedly by a band of supporters of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, outside the Madison Square Garden venue after he got a group of anti-Modi people to air their views just ahead of the prime minister's much-awaited speech to thousands of the Indian diaspora.

After the live interaction with the anti-Modi group who were outnumbered by supporters of Modi, Sardesai was heckled by Modi supporters and roughed up and pushed.

A video of the heckling was posted online as were tweets of the event.

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First Published: Sep 28 2014 | 9:16 PM IST

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