Authorities in the Dominican Republic are actively searching for 20-year-old Indian-origin student Sudiksha Konanki, who went missing during a spring break trip with her classmates.
According to The New York Post, the University of Pittsburgh student was reported missing on Thursday while traveling with a group in the resort town of Punta Cana.
Officials stated that she disappeared while walking on the beach and has not been seen or heard from since.
The Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office confirmed the case, stating, “Our office was contacted on Thursday evening regarding a missing female from Loudoun County who was with a group traveling in the Dominican Republic, specifically Punta Cana.”
Local reports indicate that Konanki was last seen on the beach wearing a bikini. A missing person’s poster describes her as 5 feet 3 inches tall, with black hair and brown eyes.
At the time of her disappearance, she was wearing a brown bikini, large round earrings, a metal designer anklet on her right leg, yellow and steel bracelets on her right hand, and a multicolored beaded bracelet on her left hand.
The University of Pittsburgh has pledged full support for search efforts.
“University officials are in contact with Sudiksha Konanki’s family, as well as authorities in Loudoun County, Virginia, and we have offered our full support in their efforts to find her and bring her home safely,” said university spokesperson Jared Stonesifer.
The Dominican Republic’s Defensa Civil, a search and rescue team, initiated search operations on Saturday evening but temporarily suspended them at 8 PM. Efforts to locate Konanki were scheduled to resume on Sunday.
Konanki, a University of Pittsburgh student expected to graduate in 2026, previously attended Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Alexandria, Virginia.
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