The armed wing of the Naxalite–Maoists is called Name_conferral the People 's Liberation Guerrilla Army ( PLGA ) and is estimated to have between 6,500 and 9,500 cadres , mostly armed Bearing_arms with small arms .

The massacre Killing followed an attack Attack on the soldiers by rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam cadres .

The police maintain Statement that there were plainclothesmen among their ranks while the students insist Statement that these were Trinamool Congress ( the ruling Control party of the state of West Bengal ) cadres .