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[sono]

"It took three days to pump millions of litres of water out of the dam, after Rajesh Vishwas dropped the device while taking a selfie.
By the time it was found, the phone was too water-logged to work."

The food inspector dropped his Samsung phone, worth about $1,200 (100,000 rupees), into Kherkatta Dam, in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh, on Sunday.

..he paid for a diesel pump to be brought in, Mr Vishwas said in a video statement quoted in Indian media.

The pump ran for several days, emptying out roughly two million litres (440,000 gallons) of water - reportedly enough to irrigate 6 sq km (600 hectares) of farmland."

He has been suspended from his job

India official drains entire dam to retrieve phone

The man, who has now been suspended, was taking a selfie when he dropped his phone into the water.

www.bbc.com

What length would you go to get your phone back?

 

[RJMacready73]

Fuck sakes who does that, musta had loads of bobs and vagene Picts

 

[funkygunther]

I think his worry wasn't the price of the phone but the data it had on it. Phone cant even operate now so the stupid goon has a brick and is now unemployed, but at least he can smash the harddrive himself.

 

[Joramun]

Highly likely incriminating evidence on his phone.

 

[FunkMiller]

What a massive cunt.

 

[Cyberpunkd]

Highly likely incriminating evidence on his phone.

Which food inspector in India has enough money to buy a $1200 phone? Guy took bribes.

 

[Dirk Benedict]

Shit human being if he's going to these lengths to retrieve his phone. The information on the phone is suspect, based on his urgency.

 

[jufonuk]

 

[BlackTron]

Which food inspector in India has enough money to buy a $1200 phone?

The one taking a selfie for instagram

 

[Lunarorbit]

What a fucking moron. Hope he goes to jail. Why wouldn't he hire a diver?

Especially the way india/Pakistan is screwed in the near future for clean water this was unbelievable.

Once those glaciers that feed them water are gone they bigly in trouble

 

[-BLITZ-]

Pic*

Hah, omg! Since, I'm playing the game, exactly to this I was thinking.

"A true Yara..."

 

[BlackTron]

What a fucking moron. Hope he goes to jail. Why wouldn't he hire a diver?

 

[kanjobazooie]

How is this not satire?

 

[near]

I have to commend the commitment.

 

[CrankyJay™]

wouldn't it have been much cheaper to hire a diver? lol

 

[Kilau]

wouldn't it have been much cheaper to hire a diver? lol

He did, according to the article they failed to find the device so he ordered it drained.

 

[AlteredForms]

People in this thread don't seem to have wrapped their head around the fact that he pumped out millions upon millions of litres of water. Imagine that. Where did he put the damn stuff and why did it not occur to him to hire a diving suit and explore instead?

 

[EverydayBeast]

 

[Ownage]

Hire dozens of divers. Pay the one who finds it an extra award.

 

[Spaceman292]

What a fucking moron. Hope he goes to jail. Why wouldn't he hire a diver?

Especially the way india/Pakistan is screwed in the near future for clean water this was unbelievable.

Once those glaciers that feed them water are gone they bigly in trouble

The water was probably dead brown and filled with human waste. It's India.

 

[TheMan]

I'm guessing he had child porn on that phone

 

[daveonezero]

Not surprised. These government officials all over the world are quite petty and think they are royalty.

 

[Soltype]

I'll never understand why people place their phones in jeopardy to take pictures. I've seen it a couple times on the ferry at Disney, it's just dumb.

 

[navii]

I know selfies are popular all over the world. But I notice people in India love to post unremarkable, yet very serious selfies of themselves more than others. It always intrigued me. But I am someone who thinks taking photos of myself is a waste of time.

 

[The Lunch Legend]

The water was probably dead brown and filled with human waste. It's India.

You see, comments like this are why you are a bad investment.

 

[Shubh_C63]

Glad to hear atleast he's sacked.

Now imagine the cases you don't know where officials abuse their power.

 

[Nobody_Important]

The fact he even got as far as he did is fucking stupid.


Fire everyone.

 

[ahtlas7]

Backup bro. Then all your secret booby shots are safe in the cloud.

 

[diffusionx]

he should have called the dam's customer service line first

 

[Lord Panda]

They should have made him refill the dam, with a spoon.

 

[GeekyDad]

...He has been suspended from his job

...

Cushy. I was thinking more along the lines of public disembowelment.

 

[Hawking Radiation]

Dumb fucking useless sack of human shit wasting such a precious resource that millions depend on to retrieve a fucking phone
I hope he gets jail time.

 

[Fuz]

Dumb fucking useless sack of human shit wasting such a precious resource that millions depend on to retrieve a fucking phone
I hope he gets jail time.

What he said.

 

[Mohonky]

India has food inspectors?

The title to exist in India sounds like a racket to begin with