Munaganahalli Narayanaswamy Dinesh (6 September 1971), better known as Dinesh M.N, is a 1995 batch

Indian Police Service The Indian Police Service (IPS) is a civil service under the All India Services. It replaced the Indian Imperial Police in 1948, a year after India became Partition of India, independent from the British Empire. Along with the Indian Admini ...

officer of Rajasthan cadre. He is currently serving as

Additional Director General of Police The Additional Director General of Police (Addl. DGP) is a senior rank in the Indian Police Service (IPS). It is the second-highest rank in the state police forces of India, below the Director General of Police (DGP) and above the Inspector Gener ...

of Crime Department in Rajasthan. Known for his integrity and tough stance against corruption and crime, Dinesh has led anti-corruption operations. He gained prominence for his role in uncovering a major corruption racket in the mining department and neutralizing notorious criminal networks, such as the

Anand Pal Singh Anand Pal Singh (31 May 1975 – 24 June 2017) was an Indian gangster mainly active in the cities of Rajasthan. He was a most-wanted gangster with a reward of ₹10 lakh on his head. He was accused of multiple murders as well as extortion. Hi ...

gang. Despite facing a seven-year imprisonment in the controversial Sohrabuddin-Tulsiram Prajapati encounter case, he was acquitted in 2017.

Early life and education

IPS Dinesh MN was born on 6 September 1971 in Munaganahalli, Chintamani Taluka of

Chikkaballapur Chikkaballapur or Chikkaballāpura is the district headquarters of the newly created Chikkaballapur district in the state of Karnataka, India, which was carved out from Kolar district. It is located within 3 km of Muddenahalli (the birthpla ...

district,

Karnataka Karnataka ( ) is a States and union territories of India, state in the southwestern region of India. It was Unification of Karnataka, formed as Mysore State on 1 November 1956, with the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956, States Re ...

, India. His father was a Tehsildar in

Bangalore Bengaluru, also known as Bangalore (List of renamed places in India#Karnataka, its official name until 1 November 2014), is the Capital city, capital and largest city of the southern States and union territories of India, Indian state of Kar ...

, and his mother was a homemaker. IPS Dinesh MN completed his BE degree from BDT College of Engineering, Davanagrre in Electronics and Communications branch in 1993.

Career

Dinesh is a 1995 batch Indian Police Service officer of the Rajasthan Cadre and serving as Additional Director General of Police in Anti Corruption Bureau, Rajasthan. He hails from Karnataka state. He served seven years in jail in the Sohrabuddin- Tulsiram Prajapati encounter cases. After his release in May 2014, he led ACB Rajasthan as IG to unearth major corruption racket in Mining department leading to arrest of 1983 batch IAS Officer Ashok Singhvi who was working as Mines Secretary. Also under his supervision as IG SOG Rajasthan, dreaded gangster

carrying a reward of 5 lakhs was killed in an Encounter with SOG and Police Teams in June 2017 and his gang was neutralised.

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