The probe by Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Dharam Singh Uppal of Jalandhar had investigated the background of Sant Ram.

'We had minutely investigated the matter and identified his mother. The report was submitted to the authorities,' Uppal said.

The report found that Sant Ram's existence was first recorded in 1974 when his mother was sent to Nari Niketan, a government-run shelter for women, and later to a mental asylum by a court in Dhuri in Sangrur district. Sant Ram was only two years old then.

His mother escaped from the mental asylum in 1983 and her whereabouts after that were unknown.

There is a gap in the records after that. Then, the report says, Sant Ram was taken away from a children's home in Hoshiarpur by a head constable of police. He lived with this policeman for over 10 years and did odd jobs.

'The police are not doing enough to find out who my father is. That is why I want a DNA test to be conducted on these three persons so that I can get my identification,' Sant Ram told IANS in his village.

The PHRSC is yet to initiate action on Sant Ram's latest request.