Missing American college student Sudiksha Konanki: Police reveal male friend is under investigation

The hunt for 20-year-old University of Pittsburgh pupil Sudiksha Konanki, who vanished from a five-star edifice successful the Dominican Republic, is intensifying arsenic constabulary uncover a antheral person she was with is presently nether investigation. 

According to La Policia Nacional, the country's nationalist constabulary force, Konanki was past seen entering the formation aboriginal Thursday greeting astatine the Riu Republica Resort successful Punta Cana. 

It is unclear who the "young man" is, but constabulary said helium was successful the h2o astatine the aforesaid beach, and they were questioning him successful an effort to corroborate his mentation of events, according to a translation of a Spanish-language statement.

Konanki, who was calved successful India but is simply a ineligible imperishable U.S. nonmigratory from Virginia, was connected a outpouring interruption travel with 5 pistillate classmates, authorities said previously.

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Sudiksha Konanki successful a Facebook selfie photo. The 20-year-old University of Pittsburgh inferior has been missing since March 6, erstwhile she vanished during a outpouring interruption travel to a five-star edifice successful Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. (Sudiksha Konanki/Facebook)

She arrived connected March 3 and was past seen astir 4:15 a.m. connected March 6, connected surveillance video, headed onto the formation with her friends, according to section police. 

Dominican quality outlet El Nacional reported that Joshua Steven Ribe, a 24-year-old tourer from Iowa, was the past idiosyncratic to spot Konanki alive. 

Ribe, who was besides a impermanent astatine the aforesaid resort, reportedly told constabulary respective antithetic versions of what happened. 

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Local outlet Noticias SIN reported that Ribe told constabulary helium entered the h2o with Konanki, but the unsmooth surf made him sick truthful helium went backmost to shore, leaving Konanki successful the water.

Sudiksha Konanki, 20, from bluish Virginia, was archetypal reported missing connected Thursday and disappeared while  (Handout, left, and Defensa Civil Dominicana, right.)

In different version, helium said helium felt sick and near Konanki successful knee-deep h2o earlier helium passed retired connected the beach.

Lastly, according to reporting from Noticias SIN, Ribe claimed helium saw Konanki walking connected the formation earlier helium fell dormant connected the beach.

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It is unclear if Ribe is the antheral person that constabulary said is nether investigation. 

Local media besides reported that Konanki's apparel were recovered connected the beach.

Sudiksha Konanki appears successful an undated photograph connected her TikTok profile. She was past seen  on March 6 astatine a edifice formation successful Punta Cana. (@sudikshakonanki/TikTok)

Her whereabouts stay unknown, but ABC News reported Monday that she whitethorn person drowned, citing instrumentality enforcement sources.

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As the hunt for Konanki intensifies, INTERPOL is being asked to help. The Loudoun County Sheriff's Office successful Virginia has requested a worldwide constabulary alert – known arsenic a Yellow Notice – for missing persons, according to reporting by CBS News. 

Konanki is 5 feet, 3 inches tall, with achromatic hairsbreadth and brownish eyes. She was past seen wearing a brownish bikini, hoop earrings, bracelets and an anklet.