Hyderabad, April 23 --  A 42-year-old air-conditioner mechanic was stabbed to death by two men in Padmarao Nagar on Thursday, April 23, an unpaid debt from gambling, the police said.

The deceased, identified as Aleem, son of Janagir, was a resident of Zamisthanpur in Musheerabad. He was attacked between 4:30 pm and 5:30 pm near KVK Wines in Chilkalguda, where he had gone with the two accused - Syed Ilyas, 33, a bike-washing worker at the Fish Market near Bandan Function Hall in Musheerabad, and a man identified only as Jahangir, described as a close associate of the deceased.

According to police, the three had gathered at the wine shop, consumed alcohol together and a quarrel broke out after they stepped outside. Both Syed Ilyas an...