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Coimbatore: AIADMK MLA R Kanagaraj, 67, representing the Sulur constituency in Coimbatore district, died of cardiac arrest on Thursday.Kanagaraj was reading the morning papers at his house in V Mettur village when he suffered the cardiac arrest around 7.45am, his family said. With the demise of Kanagaraj, the number of assembly segments without an MLA has risen to 22. Chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami rushed from Salem to pay homage to Kanagaraj. The final rites were performed later in the day.“He was reading the newspaper and asked for a cup of hot water to drink. “His demise is a huge loss to AIADMK,’’ he told reporters at the late MLA’s house..