A tea-kiosk owner was found dead near his shop at Banaras Hindu University campus, police said on Tuesday.
Sixty-five-year-old Ram Jatan Sahni alias Ramu's body was lying in a pool of blood and his face was smashed with bricks and a stone, they said.
Police said an FIR has been lodged against unidentified persons.
The body has been sent for post-mortem, they said.
Sahni was a resident of the Ramna area, police said.