Missing Indian student case: Joshua Riibe returns home after detention over Sudiksha Konanki’s disappearance – The Times of India

An Iowa man who was beforehand named an individual of curiosity within the disappearance of lacking College of Pittsburgh student Sudiksha Konanki has returned to the USA after almost two weeks of detention within the Dominican Republic.
Joshua Riibe, 22, was in a position to depart after securing a brand new passport from the US Consulate on the Caribbean island. He was accompanied by his father on the journey home, as per his attorneys, quoted by the New York Publish.
“The prosecutor’s workplace of La Altagracia knowledgeable [Riibe] of their readiness to return his passport,” mentioned the Dominican legislation agency Guzman Ariza in an e-mail to The Publish. “Whereas Joshua appreciated this determination, he selected, for privateness causes, to use for a brand new passport on the US Consulate, which was promptly issued. We’re happy to announce that Joshua and his father are at present touring again to their home in the USA.”
Konanki nonetheless lacking
Riibe, a student at St Cloud State School, had been detained within the Dominican Republic since March 6, when Sudiksha Konanki vanished after the 2 went for an early morning swim in tough waters on the RIU Resort & Resort in Punta Cana.
Riibe instructed authorities that he had managed to tug Konanki to security however misplaced consciousness on the seaside, after which she was by no means seen once more.
Although officers recognized Riibe as an individual of curiosity, he was by no means formally named as a suspect within the case. Nonetheless, his passport and cellphone had been confiscated, stopping him from leaving the island.
Authorized battle over Riibe’s detention
Throughout a court docket listening to on Tuesday, tensions escalated as prosecutors pushed again in opposition to claims that Riibe was being unlawfully detained.
Choose Edwin Delgado dominated in Riibe’s favour, granting his request to finish police surveillance and permitting him to go away the resort, however he was nonetheless unable to go away the nation.
Lastly on Wednesday, Riibe boarded a flight home to Rock Rapids, Iowa, bringing an finish to his authorized ordeal.
Sudiksha Konanki lacking case
Sudiksha Konanki, a 20 12 months previous Indian-origin pre-med student from Chantilly, Virginia, went lacking whereas on spring break with 5 mates on the Riu Republic Resort in Punta Cana on March 6.
Konanki’s father initially suspected foul play and egged on the administration to widen their search when the mysterious disappearance of the Pitt College student was seen as a case of drowning.
Konanki and a gaggle of mates had been on the seaside earlier than most of them determined to return to their lodge, leaving her behind with a male companion, in keeping with Dominican media reviews.
After an enormous search on land, water, and air turned yield no outcomes even after 12 days, Sudiksha’s mother and father, Subbarayudu and Sridevi, lastly gave up hope of their daughter returning alive. They wrote a letter to the Dominican Republic authorities, asking them to declare their daughter ‘lifeless’.