Dinesh MN (IPS Officer) Age, Wife, Family, Biography & More

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Age: 52 Years

Hometown: Munganahalli, Karnataka

Wife: K. Vijaylakshmi

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Full Name	Munaganahalli Narayanaswamy Dinesh
Profession	IPS Officer
Physical Stats & More
Height (approx.)	5' 10" (178 cm)
Eye Colour	Black
Hair Colour	Black
Indian Police Service
Batch	1995
Cadre	Rajasthan
Major Designation(s)	• ASP Dausa, Rajasthan (1998) • ASP Gandhi Nagar, Rajasthan • SP Karauli, Rajasthan (2000-2002) • SP, Sawai Madhopur (2002) • SP, Jhunjhunu (May 2003- July 2004) • SP Alwar, Rajasthan • SP, Udaipur, Rajasthan (2005) • IG, Anti Corruption Bureau, Rajasthan (2015) • IG, SOG, Rajasthan (2016) • ADG, Anti Corruption Bureau, Rajasthan • ADG, CRIME, Rajasthan (2023)
Awards, Honours, Achievements	• Indian Police Medal for Meritorious Service 2022 • Union Home Minister’s Medal for Excellence 2023
Personal Life
Date of Birth	6 September 1971 (Monday)
Age (as of 2023)	52 Years
Birthplace	Munaganahalli, Chintamani Taluka of Chikkaballapur district, Karnataka
Zodiac sign	Virgo
Nationality	Indian
Hometown	Munganahalli, Karnataka
College/University	University B.D.T. College of Engineering, Davangere, Karnataka
Educational Qualification	BE Electronics and Communication (1993)
Religion	Hinduism
Hobbies	Reading Books, Playing Cricket
Controversy	Jailed in Sohrabuddin- Tulsiram Prajapati Fake Encounter Case In 2005, gangster Sohrabuddin Sheikh, his wife Kausar Bi, and associate Tulsi Prajapati were killed in an encounter in a joint operation between Rajasthan Police and Gujarat Police. Later, questions were raised about this encounter and cases were registered against many police officers calling it a fake encounter. In February 2007, Dinesh was arrested in the case following a report from DIG Rajnish Rai. After being jailed for seven years, he was granted bail in May 2014. He was acquitted of the case in August 2017 due to a lack of evidence. ^[1]India Today
Social Media	• Instagram • Facebook • Twitter
Relationships & More
Marital Status	Married
Marriage Date	25 February 1999
Family
Wife/Spouse	K. Vijaylakshmi (college professor)
Children	Daughter(s)- 2
Parents	Father- Narayanaswamy V (retired Tehsildar from Karnataka) Mother- Gouramma (homemaker)
Siblings	Brother- Harsha MN (advocate)

Some Lesser Known Facts About Dinesh MN

Dinesh grew up in Munaganahalli, Chintamani Taluka of Chikkaballapur district, Karnataka.
Childhood picture of Dinesh MN

He moved to Davanagere, Karnataka, to attend the University BDT College of Engineering.
Dinesh MN (second from right) with friends Shivaji, Niranjan Murthy and Prakash Shenoy in 1993 during his final year at University BDT College of Engineering, Davanagere, Karnataka

Dinesh’s father, Narayanaswamy, appeared in the Karnataka Public Service Commission (KPSC) seven times, but could not qualify in the interview round. Therefore, he dreamed that Dinesh cleared the UPSC exam.

He passed the UPSC exam on his first attempt.

An IPS officer of the 1995 batch, he trained at the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy, Hyderabad.
Dinesh MN (second from left) with other batchmates during training at National Police Academy, Hyderabad in 1997

He made Dausa free of local goons when he was serving as ASP of the city in 1998-99.

As ASP of Gandhi Nagar, Jaipur, he ended the widespread political hooliganism at the University of Rajasthan in Jaipur.

As SP Sawai Madhopur, Dinesh supervised the capture of Ramswaroop urf Ram Singh Dacoit, who was active in Beehads of Chambal. Ram Singh was gunned down by the police on 17 April 2002.
Dinesh MN as SP Sawai Madhopur in 2002

From 2007 to 2014, he was jailed in Sohrabuddin- Tulsiram Prajapati Fake Encounter Case.

After his release, Dinesh was given a non-police appointment as director of the Rajasthan Small Industries Corporation for a year.

Dinesh was promoted to deputy inspector general and then inspector general by the state government with effect from 9 May 2014.

As IG ACB Rajasthan, Dinesh uncovered a major corruption racket in the Mining department, leading to the arrest of IAS officer Ashok Singhvi, the then Additional Chief Secretary of the Mines Department.

On 4 April 2016, Dinesh arrested the sub-divisional magistrate of Shahpura Bharat Bhushan Goyal for accepting a bribe of Rs 3.5 lakh. This was the first instalment of a Rs 25 lakh bribe that an entrepreneur was offering him to set up a manufacturing unit for Ayurvedic medicines.

In 2017, Dinesh was tasked with tracking down Rajasthan’s most wanted criminal Anand Pal Singh, who carried a reward of Rs. 10 lakhs on his head. Singh was killed in a police retaliatory firing at Malasar in Churu district under Dinesh’s supervision as IG SOG Rajasthan on 24 June 2017.

Dinesh also headed SOG that exposed the Pincon Group Scam of more than Rs 1,000 crore.

In 2023, after assuming the Charge as ADG (Crime), Dinesh led a special investigation team constituted by DGP Umesh Mishra to catch fugitive gangsters Rohit Godara and Ritik Boxer.