India, Nov. 4 -- The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday raided primary areas 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 probe zeroed in on Lima Imsong and others.

Probe 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 uncommon and commercially unviable in Dimapur.

Despite considerable time, "the entity failed to submit essential export documentation such as shipping bills and export invoice copies to the authorised dealer bank within the prescribed timelines, officials we...