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(NewsNation) — Interpol has issued an planetary alert for Sudiksha Konanki, a 20-year-old University of Pittsburgh pupil who went missing during a outpouring interruption travel to the Dominican Republic.
A yellow announcement is typically issued for "unexplained disappearances," according to Interpol. The notices are utilized to springiness "high, planetary visibility" to cases, and since abducted oregon missing radical are flagged to borderline officials, it makes question difficult.
Konanki, a national of India and a imperishable U.S. resident, was past seen astatine the Riu República Hotel, conscionable northbound of Punta Cana successful the La Altagracia district, astir 4 a.m. connected March 6. She was 1 of six pistillate University of Pittsburgh students who traveled unneurotic for outpouring interruption connected March 3.
Police accidental she disappeared astatine a formation adjacent the edifice earlier dawn, aft she and different guests had headed extracurricular amid a powerfulness outage. The radical was accompanied by 2 American men. Konanki stayed connected the formation with 1 of the men portion the remainder of the radical returned to the hotel.
The Dominican Civil Defense and a search-and-rescue portion person been moving to find Konanki. Drones, helicopters and detection dogs are besides being utilized successful the search.
Dominican constabulary accidental they've been reinterviewing radical who were with Konanki earlier she went missing. Investigators have been utilizing drones, helicopters and detection dogs to hunt waters disconnected the island's eastbound coast.
The nationalist prosecutor’s bureau said Konanki’s friends person been interviewed.
Police besides spoke with a antheral successful his 20s who was allegedly astatine the formation astir the aforesaid clip arsenic Konanki and whitethorn person been the past idiosyncratic to spot her. NewsNation volition not sanction the antheral unless helium is named officially arsenic a idiosyncratic of involvement oregon a fishy successful this case.
Authorities person not said determination is any motion of foul play, and the starring mentation among instrumentality enforcement is that she drowned. Konanki's family is pushing investigators to see the anticipation she whitethorn person been abducted.
NewsNation's Safia Samee Ali contributed to this report.
