In a major relief for Lalu Prasad's daughter Misa Bharti in the money laundering case, she along with her husband Shailesh Kumar were granted bail today by New Delhi's Patiala House court.

The bail to the couple was given by the sessions court upon furnishing a personal bond of Rs 2 lakh each.

The Enforcement Directorate is probing Bharti, a Rashtriya Janata Dal MP in Rajya Sabha, and her husband as part of its criminal probe in a Rs 8,000 crore alleged money laundering case involving shell or bogus companies and two Delhi-based businessmen, Surendra Jain and Virendra Jain.

The Jain brothers were granted bail in January by the Delhi High Court.

Last week, the ED had seized a farmhouse in Delhi, belonging to Misa Bharti and her husband, as part of its proceedings in the money laundering case. The agency said that its investigation found that the farmhouse was purchased "using Rs 1.2 crore involved in money laundering in the year 2008-09".

The ED had also conducted raids at the farmhouse and few other locations linked to Bharti, her husband and others in July last year.

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