Who is Sudiksha Konanki? What to know about American college student's disappearance in Dominican Republic

The hunt has intensified for missing University of Pittsburgh pupil Sudiksha Konanki, who was past seen successful the aboriginal hours of March 6 connected a formation extracurricular the five-star RIU Republica Resort successful Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.

Authorities are chasing leads aft surveillance video showed Konanki's past known moves earlier she vanished. The video, obtained by Noticias SIN, captured the radical striding towards the formation adjacent the lux retreat astir 4:15 am. 

A antheral person who was with Konanki astir the clip of her disappearance is nether investigation. Police said helium was successful the h2o astatine the aforesaid beach, and they are questioning him successful an effort to corroborate his mentation of events, according to a translation of a Spanish-language statement.

Authorities person not named immoderate suspects amid their ongoing investigation. In a merchandise connected Tuesday, the Dominican National Police said it is "re-interviewing targeted individuals who were successful the victim’s proximity astatine the clip of her disappearance."

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Who is Sudiksha Konanki

Konanki, 20, is simply a inferior and pre-med pupil astatine the University of Pittsburgh.

Konanki is primitively from India but is simply a ineligible imperishable U.S. nonmigratory from Loudoun County, adjacent Washington, D.C., according to authorities. 

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

She 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. 

Her apparel were recovered connected the formation she was past seen astatine connected Tuesday. 

She was connected abrogation with 5 different pistillate University of Pittsburgh students earlier her disappearance successful the aboriginal greeting hours connected March 6, officials said.

Konanki's past known whereabouts

Konanki was seen walking connected the formation with six radical that evening anterior to her disappearance, 3 Dominican officials told ABC News. 

Most of the radical successful the radical returned to the edifice that night, but 1 idiosyncratic stayed down with Konanki connected the formation into the aboriginal greeting hours of March 6, ABC News reported, citing an investigative constabulary report. 

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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)

Authorities successful the Dominican Republic said that Konanki and this idiosyncratic went for a aquatics and were caught successful a large wave.

Investigators aboriginal questioned a "young man" who went into the waters of the formation astir the clip Konanki vanished, the Dominican Republic paper Listin Diario reported. 

Local outlet Noticias SIN reported that the antheral who was questioned was besides a impermanent astatine the aforesaid resort, and was the past idiosyncratic seen with Konanki and reportedly told constabulary respective antithetic versions of what happened.

Loudoun County Sheriff Mike Chapman told Fox News his bureau is "pursuing each angle" and said it wants to "turn implicit each rock" earlier concluding what happened to Konanki, declining to remark connected whom authorities questioned.

Where the hunt stands

Several agencies are present progressive successful the hunt efforts, including the Dominican Republic Civil Defense, firefighters, the nationalist police, the Dominican Navy, and the embassy of India successful the Dominican Republic.

The Loudon County Sheriff's Office filed for a Yellow Notice to beryllium issued by INTERPOL – a worldwide constabulary alert for a missing person.

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The University of Pittsburgh Police Department besides provided an update Monday, saying it is besides moving with the Loudon County Sheriff's Office successful the hunt efforts for Konanki. 

The edifice said its squad is "providing afloat enactment to the authorities successful the search, and an exigency protocol has been activated to guarantee that each indispensable measures are taken."

A associated probe into Konanki's disappearance is being conducted by the U.S. Embassy successful the Dominican Republic, the Dominican National Police and the Dominican Prosecutors Office. The FBI is besides assisting.

Fox News Digital's Audrey Conklin, Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, and Michael Ruiz contributed to this report.