Panchkula, Feb. 8 -- An additional sessions court has rejected the bail plea of a 29-year-old man from Hisar for allegedly providing shelter and logistical support to the shooters involved in the murder of 32-year-old kabaddi player Sonu Nolta.

District police had registered an FIR in June last year under various sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and Section 25 of the Arms Act after Nolta was shot dead outside Amravati Mall on June 5. The accused, Surender, was arrested on September 7, however, his counsel argued that he was apprehended on August 7 and held in illegal detention for nearly a month, claiming his client's innocence.

During the investigation, police found that Surender had taken the main accused, Piyush Piplani ...