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The state has buzzed with rumours of thieves with supernatural powers and braid or hair chopping in 2015 and 2017 respectively.Why do rumours haunt society periodically and take lives? “When the rumours were at their peak in Gandhinagar district in 2015, we kept vigil alongside villagers and assured them of their safety.” It was neither the first nor the last gruesome assault of this nature in Gujarat . “The repressed aggression gets manifested in mob action.”Ashutosh Parmar, ACP, B Division, said that it is still being probed whether the main attackers in the Vadaj incident were motivated by any video or local rumours. In such a scenario, it is important to probe the very first incident thoroughly and dispel the myth..