US based Indian doc in the dock

The solicitation charge carries a possible 20-year prison term, the Internet-related offence a possible two years behind bars.

Dingankar’s arrest on Thursday night at a restaurant in the Detroit suburb of Harper Woods came a day after officials with the Sheriff’s cybercrimes unit chatted with him in an internet chat room, Wayne County Sheriff Robert Ficano said.

Believing he was interacting with an eighth-grader, Dingankar identified himself as a doctor wanting to meet the supposed child for "different sexual activities he wanted to engage in," Ficano said.

"He indicated he was married and what time his wife would be working, and (the supposed girl) could discreetly go to his place" for sex, the sheriff said.

Over the Internet, Dingankar agreed to meet the supposed teen-ager at the Harper Woods eatery, having described what car he would drive and the clothes he would wear.

Dingankar was arrested without incident after arriving at the restaurant carrying a small, stuffed puppy.

Yesterday, Dingankar was ordered jailed in lieu of $50,000 bond.