Hero Turns Villain The Rs 17 crore flood relief scam puts the spotlight on prime accused Goswami. The former Patna district magistrate, an Asian hero, is now a fugitive with a red-corner alert against him. In October last year Gautam Goswami was recognised by Time magazine as one of Asia's young heroes. The magazine cited the relief efforts undertaken by the doctor-turned-bureaucrat during the July 2004 flash floods in Bihar as one of his achievements. Last week, the state police named the former Patna district magistrate (DM) one of the prime accused in a scam in which flood relief funds worth Rs 17 crore were allegedly diverted to a private company. It also launched a nation-wide hunt for Goswami who is on the run. While the state Vigilance Department has named 28 people in the scam, the other prime accused is Santosh Jha, a contractor and political operator who had unsuccessfully …