DR1 Daily News - Dominican Republic

The US FBI has joined the search for 20-year old Indian student Sudiksha Konanki, who went missing after partying with fellow US university students during their spring break vacation at Riu Republica in the Arena Gorda northern Punta Cana area. Yet, as of the morning of 12 March 2025, nothing concrete has come forth on her whereabouts.

While protocol calls for a 72-hour search, the Dominican government has continued the search six days after the woman went missing in the early morning of 6 March 2025. All resources managed by the government have been made available to find the missing woman or her corpse.

The Dominican government has assigned more than 300 men and women to the land, sea and air search operations. The searchers are combing the Atlantic Ocean following the known currents to locate the most likely drowned body of the young...