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Sudiksha Konanki. Photo: External source
Punta Cana— An Indian American tourist from Virginia named Sudiksha Konanki has been missing since Thursday, March 6, in the morning, when she went out for a walk along the beach in the company of five people.
The young woman is staying at the Riu República hotel in the Arena Gorda area. The Riu Hotels & Resorts hotel chain said in a statement that it is collaborating with the authorities to find Sudiksha’s whereabouts.
“At Riu Hotels we are deeply concerned about the disappearance of one of our guests, who has not been seen since the early hours of this morning. From the moment his absence was reported we have been working closely with local authorities, including the Police and Navy, to carry out a thorough search,” the hotel chain explained.
Riu Hotels also indicated that support is being provided to the authorities in the search and an emergency protocol has been activated to ensure that all necessary measures are taken. In addition, they have enabled an internal communication channel so that the employees of the five hotels in the Punta Cana destination who have relevant information can share it with the hotel or the authorities.
Why has bikini been censored from the poster??
Also, she is from Virginia.
Who were these 5 people she was out with? Surely they know where she went? She either went swimming or to meet a “friend”.
I’m betting she went swimming (on the same beach where 5 tourists drowned 2 weeks ago) and she will be found on the beach in another day or two, or never found at all.
She is an American National not Indian, even though her parents are from India.
Thank you for letting us know. The article has been corrected. We apologize for this mistake.
Is there some reason you describe her as Indian-American, and not simply American? Did you check if her family is from India or just going by skin color/name?
We have been informed that her parents are from India.
She was born in India. She is not a US citizen, she’s a resident.
Why did you censor out bikini I’m confused. She was literally wearing that, how are people supposed to know what she’s wearing then? Ya’ll make no efforts to put a POC missing out there.
Why does the fact she’s Indian-American matter like why is it in the title? You can just say college student, she is an American.
@Lindsay, do not bring silly ideological agenda into a news piece about a possible crime or a drowning accident. In the first sentence you say it is important for people to know what she was wearing – to remember seeing her. And the fact that she is Indian and looking Indian matters even more. Both for recognizing her, and if there is a predator who is fixated on a a specific type of victims.
It is far less relevant if she has a U.S. passport or not. In the U.S. news it was mentioned that she had a green card.
Some people here really like to make anything into a “race” thing , it doesn’t matter what a race she is. She could be alien and still be missing person .
Typical Americans with their ideological complex.
Could you let the authorities know that they should try searching the profiles of her friends and “new friends” she met (from another article).
This report just hit the front page of cnn.com this morning. I’m sure resources will be flooded into the area to resolve what happened.
I’m reading in the US press, that that beautiful young woman is a US resident but an Indian citizen. Not that it matters.
Wasn’t she already found? ABC News stated she had drowned.