An Indian official has been suspended from his job after he drained an entire reservoir to find the phone he lost after taking a selfie.
Rajesh Vishwas, 32, was picnicking with friends last week when he dropped his Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra into the Paralkot reservoir in Chhattisgarh State, India, while taking a selfie, The Times of India newspaper reported.
Bereft at the loss of his brand new £970 device, food inspector Rajesh asked villagers he knew to dive into the reservoir to try to fish it out.
But after multiple failed attempts over two days, he decided to rent a diesel pump and drained the whole dam, which was around enough water irrigate 1,500 acres of farmland.
The phone was retrieved but was too waterlogged to work.
Rajesh claimed it contained sensitive government data and needed retrieving, but he has been lambasted for misusing his position of power.
