SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — The father of a 20-year-old University of Pittsburgh student Sudiksha Konanki, 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 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.

The agency said helicopters, drones boats, divers and dogs were carrying out an "exhaustive" search. Konanki was vacationing with five women from her school, and surveillance cameras captured five women and one man leaving the beach at about 6 a.

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

Authorities in the Dominican Republic are interviewing a young man believed to have been with a missing student from the University of Pittsburgh right before her disappearance in Punta Cana, a local police source told CNN.

A 20-year-old University of Pittsburgh student went missing while on spring break in Punta Cana. Get updates on her case here.

Sudiksha Konanki, a 20-year-old junior at the University of Pittsburgh, was last seen on a beach in Punta Cana on March 6.

Sudiksha Konanki, a college student at the University of Pittsburgh, was first reported missing on Thursday, while traveling with a group.

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Sudiksha Konanki, a junior at the University of Pittsburgh, was last seen on March 6 walking on a beach at Riu Republica Resort in Punta Cana.

Sudiksha Konanki, a 20-year-old college student from Virginia, has been missing from a spring break trip in the Dominican Republic since last Thursday, authorities said.

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,