Concerns are being raised over the Myanmar junta allegedly harnessing the firepower of India’s northeastern separatist groups in their battle with People’s Defence Forces and other Myanmar resistance groups, according to a report in The Diplomat.

Separatist rebel outfits from India’s frontier region of the northeast are regrouping in Myanmar more than two years after their camps and training facilities were dismantled in an operation lasting several months, the recent report says.

According to former functionaries associated with the Yung Aung faction of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Khaplang (NSCN-K/YA), at least four militant groups from India’s border states of Assam and Manipur, including the People’s Liberation Army (PLA), the Kangla Yawol Kanna Lup (KYKL) and the People’s Republican Party of Kangleipak (PREPAK), have redeployed their fighters in Myanmar’s Naga-inhabited region, The Diplomat reports.

They have been spotted at a location east of Hoyat village in Myanmar, which is inhabited by Konyak Nagas, the former NSCN-K/YA functionaries said.

According to the magazine, an Indian government official has confirmed the groups have regrouped in Myanmar.