New Delhi, March 10 -- Indian-origin University of Pittsburgh student who was reported missing after traveling to the Dominican Republic last week is believed to have died by drowning, officials confirmed to ABC News on Sunday.

The student has been identified as Sudiksha Konanki, a legal permanent resident of the United States and an Indian citizen. She was among six female students who traveled to Punta Cana, according to the Loudoun County Sheriff's Office, the news outlet stated.

According to three Dominican officials involved in the investigation, the news report said, Konanki was walking on the beach with six people on March 5 before she is believed to have drowned in the ocean.

At some point, most of the group returned to the hot...