Hubballi: Pantu Johan Palmkvist, 43, a Swedish national, has asked for help from the police and Netizens of Hubballi-Dharwad to track his biological parents whom he claims come from Dharwad.
He said he was adopted by the Swedish couple when he was three years old and just remembered that he was from Dharwad.
Chat with TOI online, said Pantuu according to his memory, he was found at the bus stop in Dharwad and was adopted and taken to Sweden 43 years ago.
“I don’t know whether it’s a first name or name of my family and if it should spell panu or Panthu.
From my research, I think it will be Pantu, the most common in India and Romania.
I have learned that Pantu is a family name in Karnataka and me has appealed to everyone to write to me if they find people with the name or family name rhymes.
“He said:” I have several responses from Twitter users, who say there is a general practice to add ‘u’ at the end of the name for boys -Laki when they are intended and that’s how boys will also say their names.
He said Pantu is not the name Kannada, so most likely his name can be Raghopanth, Madhavpanth etc.
Some netizens say that there is a village called Pant Balekundri, near Bellagavi, Where Saint with Pant Name.
It is possible that our people are worshipers and names me after the Saints, who are UGA is a general practice, “he added.
He said that he remembered the house he lived with his parents had two rooms.
“After the entrance, there are bigger rooms, where we sleep.
I think I spent most of my time outside the house.
A old man used to sit in Lotus position at the entrance and I thought his leg was weak,” he said.
He said he had been looking for a lot on the internet to reunite with his parents and biological relatives.
In addition to asking for netizens, he has uploaded a video on YouTube and shares it on Facebook and Twitter accounts.
He has asked for help from the police and the media, including the Times of India.
“I received a good response from netizens.
They also helped me to reunite with my parents and biological relatives by retweeting and my post Resharing,” he said.
However, Pantu did not have a clear memory of how he landed in Sweden, how the Swedish couple adopted him and he refused to share more details about his adoptive parents in Sweden.
Sweden looked for netizens help finding his parents in Dharwad
