Former Negeri Sembilan MIC chairman Datuk T. Rajagopalu died Monday after he suffered a heart attack, said his son Thinalan. Rajagopalu was 63.

Rajagopalu died at 3.27 am at Mawar Hospital here, Thinalan said.

"My father complained of difficulty breathing last night and we rushed him to the Mawar Hospital," he said.

Thinalan said his father's remains had been brought to the family residence at 523, Taman Ujong, Jalan Jambu 2, here.

Rajagopalu would be cremated at the Jalan Tun Dr Ismail Crematorium here at 4.30 pm today, he told Bernama.

Rajagopalu was survived by wife Datin V. Leelavathy, 61 and three sons, Thinalan, 36, Kamalan, 32, and Dhineshwaran, 30.