New Delhi/Kohima, Nov 4: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday carried out simultaneous searches in Nagaland, Assam, and Tamil Nadu as part of a FEMA investigation into alleged illegal financial transactions under the guise of human hair exports, officials said.

The action, initiated by the ED’s Dimapur office, marks the first such operation under the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) by the agency’s Nagaland unit. Two premises each in Dimapur and Guwahati, and three in Chennai, were searched, officials confirmed.

The probe centers on a person named Lima Imsong and others. Investigations revealed that Imsong Global Suppliers Co., a sole proprietorship owned by Imsong, received foreign inward remittances purportedly for the export of human hair — an activity considered uncommo

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