Santosh Madhavan (7 June 1960 – 6 March 2024), also known as Amritha Chaithanya, was an Indian godman.

Biography

Madhavan had been wanted by Interpol since 2004 for fraud committed in the United Arab Emirates. A Dubai-based Indian woman, Serafin Edwin, accused him of cheating her of 400,000 dirhams in 2002. He was arrested near Cochin on May 18, 2008 for fraud.

Madhavan was found guilty of pedophilia and producing pornography videos of him molesting underage girls at a children's home run by his trust, Santhitheeram. While in police custody, he complained of chest pain and was admitted to a hospital. In May 2009, he was sentenced to 16 years in prison for molesting two underage girls.

Death

Madhavan was admitted to a private hospital in Kochi for a cardiac ailment, and died from heart disease on 6 March 2024, at the age of 63.