Bengaluru, June 27 -- Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday said the quality of police investigation has decreased and it needs to be improved.

"Although it is a matter of relief that the crime rate in the state has decreased, the quality of police investigation has decreased, and this needs to be improved," Karnataka CM said.

He gave these instructions after holding a meeting of senior police officers and a progress review meeting of the police department at the office of the State Director General of Police.

He mentioned that although the accused in the robbery case in Bidar is known, he has not been arrested for 5 months.

Although the quality of investigation in isolated cases has improved, when you look at the whole, it ...