India, Sept. 20 -- The crime branch unit 4 of Pimpri-Chinchwad police arrested three persons on Thursday for allegedly looting two elderly women at knifepoint after offering them a lift on the Pune-Mumbai highway.

The incident took place on September 7 between 3pm and 4:30 pm on the Wakad Bridge to New Katraj Tunnel stretch.

The accused have been identified as Abasaheb Ankush Madane, 35, Dehu Road; Kailas Pandurang Tonpe, 32, from Gaikwad Nagar, Dighi, and Vaibhav Janardan Suryatal, 30, from Laxminagar, Ravet. The accused were taken into custody by the crime branch unit 4 from the Walhekarwadi area of Chinchwad.

According to the police, the accused approached the two women near Wakad and offered them a ride to Mumbai. Trusting their wo...