Books gave me inspiration & helped avoid negativity: Dinesh MN

Dinesh MN IG SOG has had a career that is interlaced with credit and controversy. During his tenure as Udaipur he earned the reputation of a people’s SP who took tough decisions. This was the time his name got embroiled in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh encounter case. After spending seven years in jail he came back to a hero’s welcome and challenging assignments. Credit for busting the mining department scam, NRHM scam, high profile multi crore honey-trap case and the Rajasthan University paper leak racket by teachers goes to the present IG of Rajasthan SOG.

In an exclusive freewheeling interview with Kartikey Dev Singh for the first time he spoke about his time behind bars. As he puts it; he did not have the luxury to break down.

What was your initial thought after being arrested in Sohrabuddin case?

Like any normal person,I too felt shock and disbelief. It took me sometime to come to terms with the reality. There are two types of factors in such a situation, those you can control and then those that cannot be controlled. I this case the uncontrolled factors were that we could not get bail and not go out like a normal person. But I decided …read more