[1][2][3] IPS Dinesh MN was born on 6 September 1971 in Munaganahalli, Chintamani Taluka of Chikkaballapur district, Karnataka, India.

[4][5] IPS Dinesh MN completed his BE degree from BDT College of Engineering, Davanagrre in Electronics and Communications branch in 1993.

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