The 29-year-old Wichita man liked to dance in front of his webcam, authorities say, thinking the teenage girl on the other end would find it seductive.
But Gaurav Kumar learned his audience in the chat room wasn’t a 14-year-old girl, courthouse sources say, but rather a Wichita police detective working undercover online.
Detective Jennifer Wright arrested Kumar, and Deputy District Attorney Kim Parker charged him with electronic solicitation.
Kumar, listed as associate professor of research at Wichita State, faces a preliminary hearing next week in Sedgwick County District Court.