A nationwide protest was held on April 2, 2018, against the recent Supreme Court's order on the Scheduled Caste and Schedule Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. In a show of support and solidarity, Dalit organisations from Phalodi subdivision area of Jodhpur district in Rajasthan had also planned for a joint protest at Phalodi "Ambedkar Chowk" April 2, 2018. Around 10 AM, about 5,000 members from different organisations had gathered near Ambedkar Chowk, Phalodi. It was decided by the participants of the protest to have a meeting and proceed for a rally to the office of the Sub Divisional Magistrate (SDM) and present a memorandum to him addressed to the President of India. While they were proceeding towards SDM's office, they were stopped by SDM, police personnel and other authorities. The administration and police asked the protestors to stop the rally as there were counter-protests underway in the near-by areas. The people holding counter protests, mostly from the dominant castes, were in possession of lathis and weapons. Agreeing to the request of the SDM and other authorities, with the intention to contribute towards maintaining law and order, the members of dalit organisations and others gathered in support of them submitted the memorandum to the SDM at the same place. Around 12.30 PM the participants of the rally started returning to their respective villages. On their return, a mob suddenly started attacking them in the presence of police troops and officers deputed on duty. All the protestors started running back to the place where they had held meeting before starting the rally, but the violent mob chased them to the place and continued to attack them. The police personnel did not take any action to stop the attack on the peaceful protestors, even when the violent mob crossed the Phalodi police station. The statue of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar was also damaged and about 50 Dalit protestors were injured in this attack. The mob also indulged in damaging public properties, torched a motor bike torched and damaged another 15-20 other vehicles. At about 2 PM, the Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), SDM and other officials reached the spot of violence. The mob had also vandalised a Dalit human rights defender Mr. Dheraram's house at Indira colony, Phalodi. In an immediate response to the targeted violence, members of Dalit organisations submitted eight complaints to the police against the violent mob and returned back to their individual villages with police protection. Later false and fabricated complaints were registered against 46 members of the Dalit community while no action was taken on the complaint filed by Dalit organisations. Following it, the police called Dalit leaders from the Phalodi village, including Modaram Askok, Gopal, Shanti Devi, Anop, Jagadish to the police station. Only Modaram, Ashok and Gopal went to the police station on April 6, 2018, where the police threatened the Dalit human rights defenders of dire consequences. A team of the Dalit human rights defenders met the Director General of Police in Jaipur on April 6, 2018 under the leadership of Advocate Gordhan Jaipal and apprised him about the ground situation on how the local police was harassing the dalit human rights defenders by registering false complaints.