India, July 11 -- Violence erupted in Madhya Pradesh's Datia on Saturday after Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) supporters protesting the denial of an assembly bypoll ticket to former home minister Narottam Mishra clashed with police, leaving several people injured and disrupting traffic on NH-44.

Agitated supporters pelted stones at the police, vandalised trucks, and created chaos on NH-44. Police resorted to tear gas to disperse the mob and placed BJP leaders under house arrest at the district office.

The unrest followed the BJP's announcement on Friday evening naming Ashutosh Tiwari as the party's candidate for the Datia by-election, denying the ticket to Mishra, who had already begun preparations after Congress MLA Rajendra Bharti was d...