An Indian government official was reportedly suspended on Friday after he allegedly ordered to drain a reservoir to retrieve his mobile phone, which he accidentally dropped while taking a selfie at the site.
Food officer Rajesh Vishwas was having a picnic at the Kherkatta Paralkot reservoir in Chhattisgarh state on May 21 when his Samsung S23 phone fell into the water, India Today reported.
Vishwas decided to drain the reservoir after local divers failed to find his phone. According to the report, about two million liters of water were emptied out of the dam over three days, which is enough to irrigate 600 hectares of farmland….