NEW DELHI, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) -- At least 11 persons died in separate incidents at two different places in India, local police said on Sunday.

According to a police officer in the central state of Chhattisgarh, seven persons died over the past couple of days after they complained of stomach ache and infection. The deaths were reported from a village in the state's Bilaspur district.

All the dead were aged between 35 and 60. While some locals believed that those who died had developed stomach infection after consuming a community feast a couple of days ago, others were of the opinion that they had consumed spurious liquor which led to their deaths, according to a local media.

Local officials were investigating the cause of the deaths.

In another incident, four persons died when a sand-laden truck overturned on them in India's western state of Gujarat on Sunday. The incident occurred on the Tharad National Highway in the state's Banaskantha district.

Among the dead were a child and three laborers working at a road-laying site. Enditem

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