Government official in Indiawho drained an entire dam to find a dropped cell phone while taking… a selfie.

Rajesh Vishwas, a food inspector in the state of Chhattisgarh, was with friends in the area eight days ago, and while they were taking selfies in the idyllic landscape, the device slipped out of his hands and ended up in the water.

In the posted video, Vishwas revealed that he had rented an oil pump to drain the dam after received the appropriate permission local office employee.

In four days, more than two million liters of water were pumped out of the Paralkot reservoir in an attempt to find the Indian Samsung.

watch | Food Industry Inspector stationed at #Chhattisgarh The Kanker area was put on hold after he drained about 21 lakh liters of water from a reservoir next to a dam to fish out his newly purchased Samsung phone. pic.twitter.com/jXWzwfGSI3

— Indian Express (@IndianExpress) May 26, 2023

His boss relieved him of his duties, giving him his due. abuse of power and accusing him of wasting millions of liters of water in extreme heat.

His suspension decision alleges that Viswas did what he did without permission.

However, in his promotional video, he insists that the water he was pumping was from the dam’s overflow area and “wasn’t used anyway”.

Source: CNN