Dimapur, Nov. 4 -- In its first action in Nagaland, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday launched search and seizure operations under the provisions of the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) in connection with a case involving Lima Imsong and others, officials said

According to officials, the agency's Dimapur Sub Zone covered a total of seven premises -- two in Dimapur, two in Guwahati, and three in Chennai -- as part of its investigation.

ED claims its initial findings reveal that Imsong Global Suppliers Co., a sole proprietorship firm owned by Lima Imsong, allegedly received large sums of foreign inward remittances on the pretext of exporting human hair, an activity described by investigators as "uncommon and commercially u...