POTSDAM -- District Attorney Mary Rain says she is calling on the New York State Attorney General's Office to investigate the case of a former SUNY Potsdam student accused of sending death threats to a professor.

"Due to the potential ramifications on all New York state universities, the district attorney will be requesting that the Office of the New York State Attorney General adopt the case for prosecution," Rain said in a statement sent out late Thursday.

The release did not say what the ramifications are. Her office's spokesperson did not immediately return a request for clarification.

Amjad Hussain was charged with two counts of second-degree aggravated harassment/hate crime, felony, according to SUNY Potsdam President Kristin Esterberg.

Hussain was arraigned in Canton Town Court and an order of protection was issued for the professor and the professor’s family.

Hussain allegedly sent two written messages in April to the professor that included death threats as well as racist and homophobic vitriol, college officials said. The messages also threatened the lives of the professor’s children and family.

Campus protests and vigils were held following the threats. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) was involved in the investigation.