New information has revealed that other people were on the beach when US college student Sudiksha Konanki went missing in the Dominican Republic, law enforcement officials assisting with the investigation told CNN,

Law enforcement officials revealed that there were other people on the beach at the Riu Republica Hotel in Punta Cana when Ms Konanki went missing.

A 'person of interest' has been named — but no charges have been filed — amid the search for missing college student Sudiksha Konanki, 20, who vanished during a spring break trip to the Dominican Republic.