Lokesh HM, Police Constable, Bengaluru City Police: He is the man behind the stellar growth of the city police on social media. In the midst of fake news and misleading forwards, Lokesh, a Madikeri native, took on the task of representing the IT city’s police force online. He led a 14 member team as co-ordinator and the rest as they say, is history. The city police’s social media posts have earned them nationwide attention and praise, and are always in tune with the latest memes. When he started as the first member of the team, Lokesh said he had very little knowledge of social media. “We are trained to wield guns and lathis, but dealing with an online mob is a very different ball game,” he said. Today, the city police ahs over 1.2 million followers on Twitter and a simiar following on Facebook. The accounts also interact regularly with followers, taking down complaints or providing information.