Sudiksha Konanki, an Indian student based in US, has gone missing in Dominican Republic while on her spring break.
The 20-year-old who is a student from University of Pittsburgh went missing on March 6. She has been a permanent resident of the US since 2006.
She was last spotted on the beach of Riu Republica Hotel in Punta Cana. A missing person notice identified Konanki as "5 feet 3 inches tall with black hair and brown eyes." She was wearing a brown bikini, large round earrings, a metal designer anklet on her right leg and yellow and steel bracelets on her right hand and a multi-coloured beaded bracelet on her left hand.
The United States is sending federal personnel to the Dominican Republic to locate a University of Pittsburgh student who went missing on her spring break trip. Sudiksha Konanki, 20, was last seen walking along a beach near the RIU Republica Resort.
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Konanki was with five other women students from the University of Pittsburgh when she went missing, according to the Sheriff's Office in Loudoun County, Virginia, where the woman was staying.
The Indian Embassy in the Dominican Republic said they have contacted the woman's parents and is providing assistance in finding the missing student.
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20-year-old Sudiksha Konanki, a junior at the University of Pittsburgh, is missing following a spring break trip to Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. Sudiksha was last seen around 4:50 a.m. on March 6, 2025, walking along the beach at the Riu Republica… pic.twitter.com/TnMin1uXyg
Konanki's friends reported her missing around 4 pm on March 6 while she was last seen at 4.15 am the same day. They were partying with "some guys they met at the resort," according to her father.
Subbarayudu Konanki, the woman's father, told CNN that his daughter did not return from the beach. Various agencies in the Dominican Republic have searched the waters using tools and helicopters as well as the nearby bay.
The father urged the authorities to look at other angles, including possibilities of abduction and human trafficking.
The officials at the University of Pittsburgh said they are in contact with the woman's family and the sheriff's office in Virginia. "We have offered our full support in their efforts to find her and bring her home safely," a spokesperson said.
Konanki graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Alexandria, Virginia.
