Missing Student Sudiksha Konanki’s Family Suspects Kidnapping, Questions Cops’ Theory of Accidental Drowning- wna24

Virginia: Missing Indian-origin student Sudiksha Konanki’s family has dismissed the cops’ theory of accidental drowning and has raised questions on the probe; the family is suspecting kidnapping or abduction and believe that this angle must not be left out.

Sudiksha Konanki, a 20-year-old Indian-origin girl, studying at the University of Pittsburgh, who has been missing for the last five days from the Dominican Republic, may have drowned according to the cops. While the police who have been looking for the girl suspect that she may have drowned after jumping in the ocean, the family has dismissed the cops’ accidental drowning theory and have suspected foul play.

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In an exclusive conversation with a US-based media outlet, Sudiksha Konanki’s father said that while the local authorities are suspecting an accidental drowning, he has filed a complaint to increase the intensity of the search operations and has also flagged concerns of possible foul play. The missing student’s father said that there could definitely be a possibility of his daughter drowning, but there is ‘growing suspicion’ that there may be a crime, particularly kidnapping.

Sudiksha Konanki’s father, Subbarayadu Konanki said that had his daughter drowned, she would have been thrown back to the shore by the strong waves, but since she hasn’t been found, a probe must be conducted to look into other possibilities, including kidnapping or abduction. Sudiksha Konanki’s family, i.e. her parents and two of their family friends, have travelled to Punta Cana from Virginia, where she was last seen, to look for their missing daughter.

Joshua Steven Ribe, a 21-year-old boy from Iowa, who was also vacationing in the city, in the same resort as Sudiksha Konanki, was the man who was with the missing student, before she disappeared. Ribe, on being questioned by police, has shared three different accounts of the time he spent with Konanki, before her mysterious disappearance.

1. According to a local media report, Joshua Steven Ribe and Sudiksha Konanki were at the beach after spending the night partying with their friends. Initially, Ribe told the police that he had vomited due to the rough surf and then returned to shore, checking on Konanki to see if she was okay.
2. In his second account, Ribe claimed he left the water because of stomach pain and nausea. He stated that the last time he saw Sudiksha, she was in knee-deep water, and he passed out soon after. When he regained consciousness, she was no longer there.
3. In his final version, Ribe said he saw Sudiksha walking along the beach before he fell asleep. Upon waking up, she was no longer in sight.

Sudiksha Konanki is an Indian-origin student of the University of Pittsburgh, who was on a spring-break trip with her friends, to the Dominican Republic. According to a local media outlet in the Dominican Republic, the 20-year-old student of Indian origin, who had traveled to the country with friends for a short trip, was last seen at the beach by one of her companions around 5:50 am. 

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The report also states that CCTV footage captured her partying at the resort’s nightclub around 3:00 am. About an hour later, she was seen leaving the club and heading to the beach, where she stayed until shortly before 6:00 am, at which point she mysteriously vanished. The police is still searching for her and the foul play angle is also being probed.

Sudiksha Konanki’s LinkedIn profile indicates that she is expected to graduate from the University of Pittsburgh in 2026 and previously attended Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Alexandria, Virginia. In an interview with a leading media outlet, the missing student’s father described Sudiksha as ambitious, with plans to pursue a career in medicine.