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      |  Patna,   (Bihar Times): Suspended IAS officer Gautam
Goswami, who is  suffering from   pancreatic cancer, is
to get Rs two lakh as advance from the   state
government for his treatment. The proposal in this
regard was   approved by the state government on
Thursday. 
 |  |      At present he is   undergoing treatment at Indira Gandhi
    Institute of Medical Sciences and his   condition is
    said to be critical.
 According to personnel secretary,   Amir Subhani, Rs two
    lakh would be given to him as per his entitlement as   a
    government officer suffering from cancer. Other
    expenses on treatment   would also be re-imbursed by the
    state government. The proposal to revoke   the
    suspension of Goswami is understood to have been
    rejected by the chief   minister secretariat. However,
    sources said that fresh plea may come up   soon.
 
 As the then district magistrate of Patna Goswami on
    April 6,   2004 shot into fame as he stopped the then
    deputy Prime Minister Lal Krishna   Advani from
    continuing his election speech at Gandhi Maidan just
    after the   clock hit 10:00 pm. Though Advani flayed his
    action at the Press Conference   the following morning,
    the Election Commission defended him.
 
 However,   he was suspended after his name figured in
    the Rs 17 crore flood relief scam   detected in 2005.
    Ironically he was honoured by Time magazine for   his
    excellent flood relief work. Bihar was devastated by a
    massive flood   in 2004. Goswami always contended that
    he was falsely implicated in this case   by a lobby in
    the state bureaucracy after he resigned in December
    2004 to   join the Sahara Group as its vice president in
    Lucknow. Many people feel that   had he continued to
    serve as IAS officer he would not have met such   a
    fate.
  After one and a half years in jail Goswami got bail
    from   the court. Once out from jail he started working
    as a social worker creating   awareness about AIDS in
    the rural areas of Bihar. He is basically a   physician
    and did his MBBS from Benaras Hindu University. Two
    months ago   he complaint of severe stomach pain and had
    to be admitted in Sanjay Gandhi   Post Graduate
    Institute in Lucknow, where doctors detected cancer.
    From   there he was brought to IGIMS for further
    treatment.
 Comments... 
    this shows how a good officer can get trapped in a   filthy game of politicians.Mr goshwami has lost all his credibility and physical   health due to, may be,one single wrong decision of associating himself with some   dirty politicians. Today the politicians are enjoying but goswami is   suffering.Govt officials of Bihar must take a lession from this Ajay Pandey Jaipur acp@sbbj.co.in ---------------------------------------------------------- From your news it is clear that he is not a scammer. He was involved in   flood scam deliberately. Besides these things, he is in trouble therefore on the   basis of humanity he should be helped.   Sudhirsudhirzoo2003@yahoo.co.in |   
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