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.
Chatting with Toi on Facebook Messenger, Pantu said that it was in accordance with 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 you have to 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 monitor.
“He said:” I got some responses from Twitter users, who said that there was a general practice to add ‘u’ at the end of the name for children men when they are intended and that’s how boys will also say their names.
He has said that the Pantus is not a Kannada name, so most likely his name can be Raghopanth, Madhavpanth etc.
Some netizens say that there is a village called Pant Balekundri, close Bellagavi, where is the Holy with the name of the pants.
It is possible that our people are worshipers and name me after people-or Sacred, who is also a general practice, “he added.
He said he remembered that the house where 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 got a good response from netizens.
They also helped me to relate 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.
Hanger Quotes: “We have received requests from Swedish citizens to track their biological parents.
We have instructed all police stations in Dharwad to examine the old records.
We follow up regularly but have not traced any instructions,” said Labhu Ram, Commissioner of Police Hubballi -Dharwad.