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.

Dingankar8217;s arrest on Thursday night at a restaurant in the Detroit suburb of Harper Woods came a day after officials with the Sheriff8217;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 quot;different sexual activities he wanted to engage in,quot; Ficano said.

quot;He indicated he was married and what time his wife would be working, and the supposed girl could discreetly go to his placequot; 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.