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Extreme effort to retrieve dropped smartphone leads to suspension

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A government official in India dropped his phone in a reservoir and asked divers to retrieve it. When they failed, he resorted to extreme measures.
If you happen to accidentally drop your phone in water, hopefully it’ll be a puddle rather than a reservoir.
A government official in India recently experienced the latter, dropping his Samsung handset in the Kherkatta Dam in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh while he was trying to take a selfie at a scenic spot, the BBC reported.
Upset to see his phone disappear from view, Rajesh Vishwas called in local divers to look for it, but they were unable to locate it in the reservoir’s murky depths.
Refusing to give up on his quest to be reunited with his beloved Samsung device — while also claiming that the phone contained sensitive government data — Vishwas took just about the most drastic action you can imagine and ordered the reservoir to be drained.

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