A 35-year-old man was murdered after an unidentified assailant struck him on the head with a stone near Churchgate station in south Mumbai, police said on Saturday.

The incident took place around 11.45 pm on Friday on the footpath of Nashikrao Tirpude Marg, reported news agency PTI. An eyewitness told Mumbai Police that the attacker had a scuffle with the victim before he picked up a stone and hit him on the head, resulting in immediate death.