DR1 Daily News - Dominican Republic

A major effort of the authorities to find 20-year old Indian tourist Sudiksha Konanki who was last seen after 4:15am on Thursday, 6 March 2025 when walking on the beach of the Riu Republica Resort in Punta Cana. She was last seen wearing a two-piece bikini. A pre-med student at the University of Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania and a legal resident in the state of Virginia, she had traveled to the Dominican Republic with five girlfriends on 3 March 2025 to celebrate the traditional university spring break.

The hotel, local authorities and the embassies of India and the United States have been active in the case. As reported, the area was patrolled with helicopters, divers, boats, drones, canine units and staff with no sightings by the Air Force, Navy, Civil Defense, firefighters and hotel staff.

The girlfriends reported Konanki as missing the next day when she did not return...