A man, who was wearing a ‘wolf mask’ in Peshawar on New Year’s Eve, was arrested by the Peshawar police for “trying to scare off people” in the provincial capital.

After the arrest, the police officials posed alongside the man, still wearing a mask and in handcuffs, for a picture. The photo went viral on social media, prompting people to say that if the intent of the costume was to scare off people off then why were police taking pictures of the accused in the same costume.

But the detainee says that he was wearing the mask in line with the government’s coronavirus Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).

Twitterati, however, didn’t let this opportunity to bash policemen go.

A user wrote that the government should have been specific about the types of the face mask.

Another said that the policeman who wasn’t wearing a mask in the photo was scarier than ‘wolf-man’.

The photos also attracted comments from across the border.