A homeless man was bludgeoned to death in Maharashtra's Navi Mumbai in the wee hours of Sunday, and the police rescued the attacker from an angry mob that had cornered him, an official said, reported the PTI.

The accused sustained injuries in the incident and has been admitted to a hospital in Mumbai, he said.

The official said that the victim, Prakash Nagorao Lokhande, slept on the footpath under the Shahbaz Belapur bridge.