The Rawalpindi Police has arrested journalist Ali Salman Alvi over allegations of killing his wife Sadaf Zahra and covering up the entire case by terming it a suicide

Police arrested journalist Ali Salman Alvi, working for a private TV channel, for allegedly killing his wife (Sadaf Zahra) in Rawalpindi’s Yousuf Colony in the limits of Airport Police Station. According to an FIR registered on June 29, Alvi has been accused by his sister-in-law, Mahwish Zahra, of murdering his wife and covering it up as a suicide.

The police have arrested the accused and registered a case against him on the complaint of the victim's sister. "The incident occurred on June 29 and we arrested Ali Salman on the same day," the police said as a high-ranking probe body to be led by a Superintendent of Police (SP) is formed to probe into the matter. The police claimed that it had carried out post-mortem and forensics of the body and also sent the suicide note of the victim for forensics to ascertain its authenticity.