ISLAMABAD: Police on Wednesday apprehended a broadcast journalist Ali Salman Alvi from Islamabad over allegations of killing his wife Sadaf Zahra and covering up the entire case by terming it 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.