A person was briefly detained in Vidisha district of Madhya Pradesh on Sunday for allegedly forwarding an "objectionable" message on social media regarding the deaths of five farmers in Mandsaur during the violent protests earlier this month, an official said on Monday.

However, the opposition Congress claimed that the detainee was a juvenile who is a student of class XI.

Senior party leader and Chhindwara MP Kamal Nath said the detention was akin to an "undeclared emergency" being clamped in the BJP-ruled Madhya Pradesh.