Police officials have registered a case of kidnapping and rape against Mr. Kumar.

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According to police records, he said, a case of kidnapping was registered Monday, when the family first approached a police station.

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Mr Aliyev, who has presidential ambitions himself, is accused of involvement in an extortion case that led to the kidnapping of two bankers.

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Onil Castro, who had been arrested as part of the kidnapping case and held for four days, wasn't charged in that case.

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He may also be forced to give evidence in a case to do with the kidnapping in 1995 of the son of Slovakia's then president, Michal Kovac.

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Still, even in cases where the alert itself has nothing to do with the resolution of a kidnapping, it can help draw more attention to the case from law enforcement.

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As well as aggravated murder - "aggravated" in this case because the murder was planned in advance - Beasley was convicted of aggravated robbery, kidnapping and attempted murder.

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But over the course of the investigation, officials "found no facts to link" Onil and Pedro Castro to the kidnapping case.

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