Eleven held for Pendrala Venkanna’s murder in Guntur’s KVP Colony

Guntur Superintendent of Police Vakul Jindal said on Monday, 31 August 2026, that police had arrested eleven persons for the murder of Pendrala Venkanna within Nagarampalem police-station limits in Guntur. The case, on the preliminary account shared by the SP, is framed as a planned killing rooted in old enmity and revenge rather than a spontaneous street fight.

According to that preliminary narrative, the accused tracked Venkanna after he arrived in Guntur with his family on 29 August. On the morning of 30 August they allegedly intercepted him in the first line of KVP Colony. The main accused allegedly used a knife; others allegedly used sticks and their hands. The attack was therefore described as a coordinated interception, not a chance collision.

The eleven persons named as arrested on 31 August were Pendrala Immanuel Raju, P. Amulya Raju, P. Devaraju, P. Guravayya, P. Shyam, P. Bujji, P. Jamalamma, P. Raj Kumar, Battula Moses Raju, Devarakonda Shalem Raju and Irugu Babu. Two vehicles were seized. A sharp-edged knife was recovered. Police said investigation continues for any other accused who may still be outside the net.

Murder cases often arrive in public view as a single shocking image. The police account here asks readers to see a longer timeline: arrival in the city on 29 August, surveillance by people carrying an old grievance, and a morning interception on 30 August in a named colony lane. Naming eleven arrested persons on the next day is an assertion of investigative speed; it is not yet a convicted judgment. Courts will test the recovery, the motive story, and each accused person’s role.

For Guntur, the immediate public-interest points are local and practical. A killing inside KVP Colony under Nagarampalem limits puts pressure on beat policing and on how quickly a revenge plot can be assembled when a family returns to the city. The recovery of a knife and two vehicles gives the case physical exhibits beyond oral suspicion. The SP’s caution that other accused may still be sought keeps the file open even after a large arrest haul.

This cutting stays inside the 31 August police statement: eleven named arrests, the 29–30 August sequence, the KVP Colony interception, the knife-and-sticks description, the two seized vehicles, and the continuing search for any remaining accused. It does not invent a caste angle, a political angle, or a confession text that the tip record does not contain. The public record, as of Monday’s briefing, is an arrest board and a continuing investigation — nothing more, and nothing less.