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The family later performed the funeral on land near the platform.
The incident took place on Friday in Chandpur village under the Kumbhraj police station area, 62 km from the Guna district headquarters, and a video of it also surfaced on social media.
In the clip, a person was purportedly heard saying the family was not allowed to use the cremation ground’s platform for the funeral.
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The family then performed the man’s last rites on land near the crematorium’s platform, he said. After getting information about the matter, the police reached the spot. The police later arrested three persons, identified as Narayan Singh Meena, Rambharose Meena, and Dilip Meena, and registered a case against them under provisions of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, the official said.
The accused were on Saturday produced in a court which sent them to jail, he added.