India, Oct. 2 -- Ambegaon police arrested three habitual offenders after they allegedly threatened and robbed a couple travelling on a two-wheeler to visit the Shreemant Dagdusheth Halwai Ganpati temple in Pune early on Wednesday, police said on Thursday.

The accused have been identified as Tauhid Asla Shah, 23, Suleman Yasin Shaikh, 21, and Rohit Bablu Singh, 20, of Nehrunagar, Pimpri. Police said the trio has previous criminal records with the Pimpri police.

According to a complaint lodged by Dadasaheb Tulshiram Raskar, 46, of Bandewadi, Khed Shivapur, the incident took place at around 4.30am on the Pune-Satara route near the old Katraj tunnel ghat.

Raskar told police that he and his wife had been visiting the Ganpati temple every Ch...