PUNTA CANA, Dominican Republic — The father of a 20-year-old University of Pittsburgh student from Virginia who went missing in the popular Dominican Republic tourist town of Punta Cana while on spring break with friends said he has asked authorities to widen their investigation.

Punta Cana.- Dominican authorities are intensifying their search for Sudiksha Konanki Chowdary, a 20-year-old tourist from India residing in the U.S., who went missing in Punta Cana. The National Police (PN) and Public Ministry (MP) are leading the investigation,

Authorities in the Dominican Republic are searching for a University of Pittsburgh student who went missing in Punta Cana on March 6. Sudiksha Konanki, 20, was last seen in the early hours of Thursday morning at a beach near the Riu Republica Hotel where she was staying with her five friends.

Sudiksha Konanki, 20, was last seen before dawn Thursday while walking on a beach in the Dominican Republic resort town of Punta Cana.

Authorities in the Dominican Republic are searching for a missing US college student, Sudiksha Konanki. The Dominican National police say the 20-year-old was last seen on surveillance camera with seven other people entering the Riu República Hotel in Punta Cana after 4:15 am.

Konanki had been on a spring break trip, the posters stated. The missing person posters described Konanki as 5 feet and 3 inches tall with black hair and brown eyes. Konanki was last seen wearing a brown bikini,

The search for missing University of Pittsburgh student Sudiksha Konanki, who vanished last week while on a spring break trip in the Dominican Republic.