According to sources, on 14 November 2014 local rights activist Shankarlal Meena went with a delegation of villagers to meet the District Magistrate of Sikar on behalf of the village Sarpanch (Village Panchayat head) to register their protest against the illegal mining activities in the school ground of their village Toda. Sikar, the district headquarters is 120 kilometers away from Shankarlal Meena's village Toda. When they returned to their village after meeting the District Magistrate, Shankarlal Meena was attacked in his village market at around 6.00 PM by a group of 15 to 18 people closely associated with the stone quarry mafia in the evening. The attackers were armed with swords and sticks. The group was reported to have links with the former MLA Ramesh Khandelwal, currently with the BJP who controls the mining activities along with liquor trade in the region. In this brutal attack on his life, Shankarlal Meena suffered fractures in his hand and leg. He also suffered a head injury. Shankarlal Meena was taken to Sawai Madhopur Hospital, Jaipur where his wounds were sutured to control bleeding. In 2012 too the stone quarry mafia had threatened to kill Shankarlal Meena for his action against the mining activities being carried out by stone quarry mafia in and around the village. Around 1500 locals from 13 villages of Neemka Thana Tahsil in Sikar district staged a protest in Toda village on 17 November, 2014 demanding justice for the attack on the local activist Mr. Shankarlal Meena by the organised mining mafia of the region. Local sources said that the district administration asked the protesting villagers to end their protest assuring them that they would arrest the culprits and take action. Neemka Thana Tahsil in Sikar district of Rajasthan falls in the ranges of Aravalli hills, one of the oldest mountain ranges. Mining activities in the areas around Neemka Thana include blasting, stone crushing and extraction of ground water which were being carried out without lease or authorisation. Mining in Aravalli hills are in violation of Supreme Court's guidelines. Villagers of this district have been protesting for the last many years against the encroachment of pasture land by mining mafia, use of stone crushers and mining blasts causing damages to houses and agricultural land.