A Barrackpore woman was murdered at her home on Tuesday evening, following an argument with a male relative.

The victim, 37 year old Tricia Ramsaran-Ramdass, is believed to have been strangled to death. An autopsy has since been ordered to confirm this.

Police say the man visited the Barrackpore Police Station on Wednesday morning and confessed to the crime.

He was then transported to his home in Sukhan Trace where Ramsaran’s body was found.

The suspect was convicted of manslaughter in 2006 in a similar matter.

At the time, it was accepted that he  strangled his female victim to death in an uncontrollable fit fo rage after being provoked.

He remains in police custody after this morning.