Shahnawaz Khan, a key accused in an alleged conversion racket, was sent to 14-day judicial custody Tuesday by a Ghaziabad court where he was produced after being brought from Maharashtra's Thane on a transit remand.
A court in Maharashtra's Thane had granted the Uttar Pradesh police transit remand of Shahnawaz Khan alias Baddo on Monday.
Khan, who hails from Thane's Mumbra township, was arrested from a relative's place in Alibag in Raigad district on Sunday, the official said.
A Ghaziabad Police team that had gone to Thane brought Baddo here on the intervening night of June 12-13.
After a brief interrogation, he was produced before a Ghaziabad court which sent him in 14-day judicial remand, ACP Kavi Nagar Abhishek Tripathi said.
Now, the police will seek his police custody remand for detailed interrogation, he said.
A case of conversion was lodged by a resident of Kavi Nagar on May 30 in which he alleged his son was lured through an online gaming app to adopt Islam. Khan hails from the Mumbra township in Thane district. -- PTI