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UNL Prof. attempted to rape student who dressed too sexy
Lincoln Journal Star ^ | Oct. 16, 2003 | Leah Thorsen

Posted on 10/16/2003 5:41:05 PM PDT by angel90210

A University of Nebraska-Lincoln visiting professor tried to sexually assault a student in his office, saying she asked for it because of how she was dressed, police allege in court documents.

Debasis Chaudhuri, 41, was charged Tuesday with attempted first-degree sexual assault and with first-degree false imprisonment.

Chaudhuri, a computer engineering professor on a temporary teaching assignment from India, has been relieved of his teaching duties, said Meg Lauerman, a university spokeswoman.

He was arrested Sunday after the student filed a report with UNLpolice.

The student told police she went to his Ferguson Hall office Oct. 9 to talk about grades.

He closed the door, pinned her down in a chair and fondled her while she tried to push him away, according to court documents.

After she told him he was a professor and what he was doing was wrong, he shoved his hand down her skirt and tried to pull down her underwear, the documents say.

She also said he held her in the chair and told her to write down her phone number after he fondled her.

Chaudhuri later told police he lost his mind for a few seconds and blamed the student for the incident because of the way she was dressed, documents say.

According to UNL crime statistics, only three sexual assaults on campus were reported to UNLpolice from 2000 to 2002, the most recent figures available Tuesday.

Chaudhuri had been at UNLsince August and has a wife and a child in India, according to a request for a court-appointed lawyer.

He had been granted a nine-month appointment at UNLand was in his first semester of teaching, Lauerman said.

He had a research interest in image processing, an area other UNL professors were interested in studying.

"It was a mutual opportunity for collaborative research," Lauerman said of Chaudhuri's appointment.

Other professors have taken over teaching his classes, she said.

A secretary in UNL's Department of Computer Science and Engineering referred questions about the matter to the university's communications department late Tuesday afternoon.

Chaudhuri remained in the Lancaster County Jail Tuesday night. His next court appearance is scheduled for Oct. 28.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; US: Nebraska
KEYWORDS: coedsinheat; lincoln; nebraska; popculture; rape; se7ensins; university
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Well, maybe all women should wear burkas so horny men won't get turned on.
1 posted on 10/16/2003 5:41:07 PM PDT by angel90210
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To: angel90210
Sounds like the professor wasn't "getting" enough at home.
2 posted on 10/16/2003 5:44:38 PM PDT by Ken522
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To: angel90210
Does NOW care about attacks like this even if a white, Christian Republican isn't the perp?
3 posted on 10/16/2003 5:46:17 PM PDT by Tacis
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To: angel90210
Sounds like he only wanted a slice of that Tandoori pie...
4 posted on 10/16/2003 5:51:34 PM PDT by donozark
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To: angel90210
Send him on to Lincoln.

Maybe he could spark up the Nebraska football offense.

He seems plenty offensive. Solich should be interested.
5 posted on 10/16/2003 5:54:40 PM PDT by Ole Okie (Go, Sooners.)
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To: angel90210
From India
Was he hindu, sikh or muhammedan?
6 posted on 10/16/2003 5:54:49 PM PDT by HuntsvilleTxVeteran (CCCP = clinton, chiraq, chretien, and putin = stalin wannabes)
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7 posted on 10/16/2003 5:55:58 PM PDT by mhking (When it rains it pours: I'm looking for a job again -- any offers or help: mhking@bellsouth.net)
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To: HuntsvilleTxVeteran
Religions of India (2000):
Hindu 81.3%
Muslim 12%
Christian 2.3%
Sikh 1.9%
Other groups including Buddhist, Jain, Parsi 2.5% (2000)

Source: CIA World Factbook

8 posted on 10/16/2003 5:59:39 PM PDT by Cultural Jihad
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To: angel90210
Well, maybe all women should wear burkas so horny men won't get turned on.

There's a very small likelihood you have the right religion. Most likely he's Christian or Hindu.

9 posted on 10/16/2003 6:00:11 PM PDT by antiRepublicrat
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To: angel90210
Ask him if he knows anything about a Swiss Diplomat.
10 posted on 10/16/2003 6:01:03 PM PDT by Ronin (Qui docet discit!)
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To: angel90210
According to UNL crime statistics, only three sexual assaults on campus were reported to UNLpolice from 2000 to 2002, the most recent figures available Tuesday.

I wouldn't be surprised if all three involved Christian Peter...

11 posted on 10/16/2003 6:06:48 PM PDT by NittanyLion (Character Counts)
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To: antiRepublicrat
Debasis Chaudhuri is a Bengali Hindu name. West Bengal is the last major bastion of Communism in India. Did his leftist views help him get the job?
12 posted on 10/16/2003 6:10:45 PM PDT by IndianChief
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To: angel90210
Middletown New York will hire him.
They hired a guy named Sigler who liked young boys.
Sigler is now enjoying his first prison beat down, and is scared for his life.
He claims it was 'only love' with a 15 year old boy...

Middletown would hire this guy in a heartbeat.
Then they'd have someone to police the 'high school hoochie' dressers they scream about while teaching same kids how to put condoms on bananas and that meaningless sex is okay, you shouldn't be thought of as a tramp...
/ rant against schoolboard moronicism off.
13 posted on 10/16/2003 6:11:28 PM PDT by Darksheare (Resistance is futile, but we may be placated with chocolates and shiny trinkets to add to our hord.)
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To: Ken522
"Debasis Chaudhuri, 41,.."

Them "good ole boys" from southern Pakistan beat all, don't they?
14 posted on 10/16/2003 6:15:50 PM PDT by billhilly (If you're lurking here from DU, I trust this post will make you sick)
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To: angel90210
Perhaps he's just sexually assaulting the students that American professors wouldn't assault.
15 posted on 10/16/2003 6:19:47 PM PDT by csvset
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To: Ken522
Good thing that Professor doesn't teach here at the University of West Florida! There are some sweeeeeeet gals walking around this campus!
16 posted on 10/16/2003 6:24:29 PM PDT by CHATTAB
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To: angel90210
When it comes to hiring visiting professors' U.N.L. does not do background checks
17 posted on 10/16/2003 6:30:01 PM PDT by csvset
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To: antiRepublicrat
According to the stats
he's most likely 1. Hindu followed by 2. Muslim
18 posted on 10/16/2003 6:37:25 PM PDT by joesnuffy (Moderate Islam Is For Dilettantes)
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To: angel90210
Dave Chappell said "Women who dress like whores may not be whores but they sure are wearing the uniform." Sorry, but I thought that was funny.

Now, don't flame. I'm not saying this geek had the right to do what he did. But, I doubt seriously if he'll be deported. Diversity, you know.
19 posted on 10/16/2003 6:42:07 PM PDT by Terry Mross
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To: angel90210
very wierd to read this after the later thread on the Swiss Diplomat who was raped in India, and another woman (Indian I think) who was also assaulted at the same event.

Could this man clone himself and be committing similar crimes on two continents at the same time? Sort of like a reverse superhero?
20 posted on 10/16/2003 6:42:55 PM PDT by jocon307 (Go Red Sox, you're our final hope!)
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