A government official in Kanker district of Chhattisgarh was suspended on Friday for allegedly getting nearly 21 lakh litres of water drained out from a reservoir next to a dam in a bid to find his phone that fell into it.
On May 21, Rajesh Vishwas, 32, a food inspector posted in Pakhanjur town, accidentally dropped his new phone worth nearly ₹95,000 into the Paralkot reservoir while clicking a selfie. Mr. Vishwas and his friends had gone for an outing at the dam.
In search for the phone, Mr. Vishwas said that he got the water pumped out from the reservoir after obtaining a verbal permission from the Sub Divisional Officer (SDO) of the Water Resource Department. He added that the water was not fit for drinking or agriculture.
