Karachi, Jan. 5 : The court here has accepted the bail petition of Sindh National Front chief Mumtaz Bhutto.

Bhutto was arrested on Saturday morning in Larkana and shifted to Karachi for interrogation. Earlier, he was placed under house arrest in Mirpur for allegedly ordering his workers to attack on the office of a Sindhi newspaper in Karachi.

According to The News, the court had earlier rejected a petition of the police regarding his physical remand and ordered that he be kept in the court''s custody till January
12.

Later, Mumtaz Bhutto's counsel submitted a bail petition which the court accepted. (ANI)