Authorities in the Dominican Republic are looking for a 20-year-old Indian student who disappeared during a spring break trip with her classmates. according to New York PostSudiksha Konanki, a student at the University of Pittsburgh, reportedly disappeared while traveling in the resort town of Punta Cana on Thursday. Authorities in the Dominican Republic said Ms. Konanki disappeared while “strolling on the beach” and had never seen or heard again since.
“Our office contacted the missing women in Louden County on Thursday night, with a group of others traveling in the Dominican Republic, especially Punta Cana,” a spokesman for the Louden County Sheriff’s Office said Saturday. postal.
Local officials said the 20-year-old disappeared while walking on the beach in a bikini. The missing person’s poster describes her as 5-foot-3 inches, black hair and brown eyes. When she disappeared, she wore a brown bikini, large round earrings, metal designer anklets on her right leg, yellow and steel bracelets on her right hand and a colorful beaded bracelet on her left hand, and the poster detailed the poster.
University of Pittsburgh officials said in a statement that they are working with Ms. Konanki’s family and local authorities in Virginia. “University officials are in contact with Sudiksha Konanki’s family and authorities in Loudon County, Virginia, and we are fully supportive of our efforts to find her and take her home,” said university spokesman Jared Stonesifer.
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National Defensa Civil, a search and rescue team based in the Dominican Republic, set out to find her Saturday night, but at around 8 p.m., the crew canceled the search for the day. Defensa Civil said the search for Konanki will continue on Sunday.
According to her LinkedIn profile, Sudiksha Konanki is expected to graduate from university in 2026. It is not clear what her major is. Before college, she attended Thomas Jefferson High School in Alexandria, Virginia.