Indian-American student on vacation goes missing in Caribbean country

Authorities in the Dominican Republic are searching for a 20-year-old university student from the US who went missing in the popular tourist town of Punta Cana while on vacation..

My administration is working closely with federal and local partners as the search continues for Sudiksha Konanki. Thank you to Loudoun County Sheriff Mike Chapman and @FBIDirectorKash for your ongoing efforts.

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Sudiksha Konanki was last seen before dawn on March 6 at a beach near the resort where she was staying with several friends, according to Civil Defense officials, who said the search for her continued on Sunday, Konanki is a student at the University of Pittsburgh.

Konanki is said to have vanished while walking on the beach wearing a bikini, local officials said.

A missing person's poster describes her as 5 feet 3 inches, with black hair and brown eyes. At the time she went missing, she was wearing a brown bikini, big round earrings, a metal designer anklet on her right leg, yellow and steel bracelets on her right hand and a multicolored beaded bracelet on her left hand, the poster detailed.

With AP inputs