According to an intelligence report People’s Liberation Army (PLA) fighting along with the Tatmadaw (Myanmar Army) gave the militant formation renewed confidence to carry out the recent ambush in Manipur, reports The Hindu on November 23. PLA ambushed the 46 Assam Rifles convoy killing seven, including a colonel, his wife and minor son, on November 13. According to an intelligence report accessed by The Hindu, about 300 members of the PLA and other Valley-based insurgent groups (VBIGs) are active across the India-Myanmar border. These groups have lost at least 40 members in the internal war between the Tatmadaw and the People’s Democratic Front (PDF), the anti-junta force.“The Myanmar army had been grudgingly supportive whenever India had asked for any help and they have time and again destroyed a few terrorist bases and camps in their territory, however mostly for optics rather than effect,” the report said. The situation took a new dimension after the military coup on February 1.