The coronavirus pandemic hit the humanity hard, and one thing it taught us the importance of wearing masks as it helped in containing the disease which took a toll on millions of lives across the world. However, a man from Peshawar in Pakistan had to pay the price for wearing a mask while he was out for the celebration of New Year’s Eve of 2021.

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What's wrong you ask? The mask, in itself, wasn't a protective covering but a costume mask to scare off people. Yep.

According to authorities, the man in question wore a wolf mask and planned to pull pranks on people on the last day of 2020 following which he was detained.

Pakistani journalist Omar R Quraishi took to Twitter to share the incident, donning the mask, can be seen handcuffed along with the cops in the frame, posing for the photograph.

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The bizarre incident took social media by storm and went viral. Many netizens "lauded" him albeit sarcastically for being "responsible" for at least wearing a mask in times of coronavirus.