ATTLEBORO -- A doctor at St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford has been arrested and accused of paying a 14-year-old Attleboro boy for sex.

Sujan Kayastha, 37, was arrested Wednesday at his Dartmouth home following a four-month investigation.

In December 2018, police said they received information that the teen had been sexually assaulted.

After the execution of multiple search warrants on mobile devices and social media accounts, police said Kayastha had engaged in lengthy, sexually explicit communications with the teen. The communication with the victim included the transmission of child pornography images.

Kayastha allegedly offered drugs, money and alcohol to the teen and made arrangements to meet with him and take him to a hotel in Seekonk.

Kayastha is scheduled to face charges Thursday in Attleboro District Court on charges that include possession of child pornography, two counts of disseminating obscene matter to a minor, two counts of electronic enticement of a child for prostitution and trafficking of a person for sexual servitude.

Kayastha also has an office on Highland Avenue in Fall River, near Charlton Memorial Hospital.

- WCVB, A Gatehouse partner