Bengaluru, Sept. 29 -- In a high-speed police operation that took just 15 minutes from alert to arrest, Bengaluru cops nabbed eight men involved in a violent robbery attempt on Saturday evening and recovered Rs.1.01 crore in stolen cash.

The incident unfolded around 6:15 pm near Akshaya Park in Akshayanagar, close to Bannerghatta Road. Real estate businessman Mota Ram and his wife Lakshmi Devi were meeting Hemant, a car driver sent by his employer Mohan, a Tumakuru-based arecanut trader, to collect cash for a land deal, a report by the Deccan Herald said.

As the couple showed Hemant the two bags filled with money, two men on a bike approached them under the pretence of conducting a verification. Claiming they needed to record a video of...