The search for 20-year-old University of Pittsburgh student Sudiksha Konanki, who vanished from a five-star resort in the Dominican Republic, is intensifying as police reveal a male friend she was with is currently under investigation. 

According to La Policia Nacional, the country’s national police force, Konanki was last seen entering the beach early Thursday morning at the Riu Republica Resort in Punta Cana. 

It is unclear who the “young man” is, but police said he was in the water at the same beach, and they were questioning him in an attempt to corroborate his version of events, according to a translation of a Spanish-language statement.

Konanki, who was born in India but is a legal permanent U.S. resident from Virginia, was on a spring break trip with five female classmates, authorities said previously.

It is unclear if Ribe is the male friend that police said is under investigation. 

Local media also reported that Konanki’s clothes were found on the beach.

Sudiksha Konanki appears in an undated photo on her TikTok profile. She was last seen  on March 6 at a resort beach in Punta Cana. (@sudikshakonanki/TikTok)

Her whereabouts remain unknown, but ABC News reported Monday that she may have drowned, citing law enforcement sources.

As the search for Konanki intensifies, INTERPOL is being asked to help. The Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office in Virginia has requested a worldwide police alert – known as a Yellow Notice – for missing persons, according to reporting by CBS News. 

Konanki is 5 feet, 3 inches tall, with black hair and brown eyes. She was last seen wearing a brown bikini, hoop earrings, bracelets and an anklet.