ED establishes office in MeghalayaThe Enforcement Directorate (ED) has established its first office in Meghalaya that will begin functioning in the north eastern state from later this week, the central probe agency said on Monday. The new sub-zonal office will be located in capital Shillong and will function under the zonal office-II located in Guwahati, Assam. The new sub-zonal office at Shillong will start functioning from August 11 and it will be headed by a deputy director rank officer, the agency said.

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The ED functions under the Union Finance Ministry and apart from enforcing the anti- laundering law PMLA, it also enforces the civil sections of the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) and the criminal provisions of the Fugitive Economic Offenders Act that was brought in 2018 by the Modi government.