The authorities of the Dominican Republic in the Caribbean are looking for a air and water for an American vacation student who disappeared last week.
Sudiksha Konanki, an American resident of 20 years, attending the University of Pittsburgh, was last seen in a surveillance chamber with seven other people who entered the beach at the Riu Republic Hotel in Punta Cana last Thursday, said the Dominican National Police.
Before heading to the beach, the surveillance images show that the American group, Konanki, five other women and two men, had been drinking in the hotel’s lobby around 3 am
“Until now, the authorities, multiple authorities here in the Dominican Republic have sought in the waters. They searched helicopters and other tools. They also sought in the nearby bay, shrubs, trees.
They were several times around the same areas, “said his father, Subbarayudu Konanki.
The officials are using search dogs and drones to search Konanki, on Monday said the search and rescue force of the country’s rescue force in a Facebook post on Monday.
The authorities have been interviewing a man of about 20 years to believe that he is the last person to see Konanki last week, a source of application of the law familiar with the investigation told CNN.
“He went to the beach on March 6 early in the morning around 4 in the morning with friends and some other types they met at the resort,” Konanki’s father said.
“After that, his friends returned after a while and my daughter did not return, she didn’t appear from the beach.”
Around 5.55 in the morning last Thursday, the surveillance cameras captured five women and a man who left the beach, while it is believed that Konanki stayed with the other young man, the local police source said to CNN.
Later, the surveillance video shows the man who leaves the beach area at 9.55 am, said the source, without Konanki signs.
When Konanki did not return to his room, his companions initially looked for her before notifying the authorities, according to the police source. Then, the group reported that the hotel staff disappeared around 4 PM last Thursday, said the Riu hotels chain in a statement.
The young man who believes he stayed with Konanki on the beach told the police multiple versions of the last time he saw the student of the University of Pittsburgh, said the local police source.
He told the authorities that both entered the ocean, but felt ill, left the water and fell asleep in a salon chair, according to the source.
He has said that Konanki could have been swept by a wave, on the left when he left the water, or saw her walking the beach with the water to the knees in the direction where he had left his clothes, the source said.
The young man is not considered a suspect at this time, said the source.
The authorities found a courage to stopped style belonging to Konanki in an armchair on the beach and said there were no signs of violence, according to the source.
The United States Department of State has a level 2 travel warning 4 of 4 for the Dominican Republic, advising Americans to use greater caution and do not show signs of wealth.
“Violent crime, which includes armed hand rob, homicide and sexual assault, is a concern throughout the Dominican Republic,” the agency said in a June notice.
Officials in Virginia and India also involved
Konanki was at the resort with five other students from the University of Pittsburgh, according to the Sheriff’s office in Loudoun County, Virginia, where his family lives. The Konanki family, originally from India, has lived in the United States since 2006 and are permanent residents.
The Sheriff’s office was contacted last Thursday about Konanki’s disappearance and has continued with “the federal law, the United States State Department and contacts in the Dominican Republic,” he said.
In addition, the Sheriff’s office said Monday that he has requested a yellow warning, a world police alert for a missing person, which is issued by Interpol.
“The Indian embassy in the DR has taken the initiative working with our State Department and the Police on the ground. Our office is supporting those efforts and continuing to investigate locally,” said the Sheriff’s office in a statement.
