Hyderabad: Nerusu Lakshmi Nivasa Rao, a 46-year-old native of Vuyyuru in Krishna district, who is the accused in a triple-murder case in the US, has claimed insanity during the murder trial in Michigan.
America’s Federal Bureau of Investigation, with the help of AP CID, had executed the international warrant pending against Rao in 2013.
He had killed his wife N. Jayalakshmi, son Siva, 12, and daughter Tejasvi, 14, in 2008.
It is alleged that Rao had stabbed his wife 59 times.
The case is put to trial in Oakland County Circuit Court.
Lawrence Kaluzny, the attorney of the accused, argued that his client was unemployed, facing financial problems and was pressurised by his wife to support the family.
He said Rao “blacked out’ during the killings and couldn’t recollect what had happened.
