Maharashtra's Thane police was on Monday granted transit remand by a local court to take Shahnawaz Khan, the prime accused in an Uttar Pradesh case allegedly involving religious conversion of youngsters through an online gaming app, to Ghaziabad, an official told news agency PTI.

Shahnawaz Khan, who hails from Mumbra township in Thane, was arrested from a relative's place in Alibag in Raigad district on Sunday, the official said.