Ranchi, Aug. 19 -- AJSU Party leaders today met Jharkhand Chief Secretary Alka Tiwari and DGP Anurag Gupta, submitting a memorandum demanding a National Investigation Agency (NIA) probe into repeated extremist conspiracies to assassinate former Deputy Chief Minister and party chief Sudesh Mahto.

The delegation said Mahto's name has repeatedly figured in extremist hit lists, but the reasons behind it have not been disclosed by the police so far. They also sought a fresh review of his security cover.

Party spokesperson Dr. Devsharan Bhagat said that slain PLFI extremist Martin Kerketta, killed in an encounter in Gumla district on August 5, had also kept Mahto on his hit list and was planning an attack.

He added that in 2023, Kerketta ha...