Alraji is accused of involvement in the murder of BJP worker Rathibala Adhikari at the Sonachura Gram Panchayat area’s Mansa Bazaar ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
He is the third judge hailing from West Bengal to recuse himself from cases involving the TMC. Earlier Supreme Court judges Justice Aniruddha Bose and Justice Indira Banerjee had recused themselves.