``I had decided then and there that it is morally right for him to surrender,''he said. Singh continued to harbour Manu and took him to Patiala, Hissar and finally to Malhot in Muktsar. ``It was terrible when Manu came to meet me. He is like my son. If anyone comes to my house in that state, I can never throw the person out,'' Singh explains. He claims that Manu might have taken his own life.He was trying to keep an eye on him and persuade him to surrender. ``On May 6, I asked him to surrender to the Delhi Police camping in Chandigarh for a week.''

Singh has known the Sharmas for a long time. Manu's father, Vinod Sharma, he says, is like a brother to him, and ``that was the reason, Idecided to help Manu''. Singh does not put the entire blame on Manu and believes the fault lies in his upbringing. Singh is particular about the way he brings up his two boys. His ambition to become a cricketer was thwarted when the board rejected him after the England tour.``My father's untimely death in 1983 forced me to leave the sport,''he explains. He now personally trains his elder son, Yuvraj, who plays for the under-19 Indian cricket team. He wants to see his younger son, Zoravar on the silver screen.