The search for the 20-year-old University of Pittsburgh Student Sudiksha Konanki, who had disappeared from a five-star resort in the Dominican Republic, Is intensifying if the police are revealed a male friend with whom she was, is currently being investigated.
According to the National Police, that of the country National Police, Konanki was last seen the beach in the Riu Republica Resort in Punta Cana early on Thursday morning.
It is unclear who the “young man” is, but the police said he was in the water on the same beach, and they questioned him to confirm his version of events in an attempt, according to a translation of a Spanish -speaking statement.
Konanki, who was born in India, but is a legal permanent American resident from Virginia, was the authorities earlier on a spring break with five female classmates.
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Sudiksha Konanki on a Facebook selfie photo. The 20-year-old University of Pittsburgh Junior has been missing since 6 March, when she disappeared during a spring break to a five-star resort in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. (Sudiksha Konanki/Facebook)
She arrived on March 3 and was last seen around 4.15 am on 6 March, on security video, went on the beach with her friends, according to the local police.
Dominican news output El Nacional reported that Joshua Steven Ribe, a 24-year-old tourist from Iowa, was the last person who saw Konanki alive.
Ribe, who was also a guest in the same resort, reportedly told the police different versions of what happened.
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Outlet news without Reported that Ribe told the police that he entered the water with Konanki, but the rough surf made him sick, so he went back to the coast and left Konanki in the water.
Sudiksha Konanki, 20, from Noord -Virginia, was missing for the first time on Thursday and disappeared while (Handout, Links and Defensa Civil Dominicana, right.)
In another version, he said he felt sick and Konanki left water in knee-deep water before he fainted on the beach.
Finally, according to reporting from Noticias Sin, Ribe claimed that he saw Konanki walking on the beach before he fell asleep on the beach.
PITT -Student disappears on the spring break to the Dominican Republic while walking on the beach
It is unclear whether Ribe is the male friend who is being investigated according to the police.
Local media also reported that Konanki’s clothing was found on the beach.
Sudiksha Konanki appears in an undated photo on her Tiktok profile. She was last seen on March 6 in a resort beach in Punta Cana. (@Sudikshakonanki/Tiktok)
Her place of residence remains unknown, but ABC News Reported on Monday that she may have drowned, stating law enforcement sources.
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As the search for Konanki intensifies, Interpol is asked to help. The Sheriff’s Office of Loudoun County in Virginia has asked a global police – Alert – known as a yellow notification – for missing persons, According to reporting by CBS News.
Konanki is 5 feet, 3 centimeters long, with black hair and brown eyes. She was last seen in a brown bikini, hoop earrings, bracelets and an ankle strap.
