Indian engineer Amit Gupta has been detained by Qatari authorities as part of an ongoing investigation.
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00:00We tie their hands and take them out for 10 minutes.
00:04How will that child survive?
00:06It's been 3 months.
00:08Their son went out for dinner and never came back.
00:10This is the nightmare that Amit Gupta's parents in Gujarat
00:13have been living since January 1st.
00:15Amit Gupta, an Indian engineer who moved to Qatar over a decade ago,
00:18was detained suddenly while out for a meal.
00:20Unidentified people picked him up in the middle of dinner.
00:22Since then, he's been held by Qatari authorities
00:24over alleged data theft charges.
00:26We called him, but he didn't pick up the phone.
00:31So we called his friend, who told us that he couldn't pick up the phone.
00:35His car, his mobile phone, all the cards he had in his pocket,
00:41he took them all under him.
00:44We blindfolded him and took him in the car.
00:48We don't know where they took him
00:49because his eyes were blindfolded.
00:52The family also alleged that the Qatari authorities
00:54subjected him to brutality.
00:56They made him sit on the sofa for 48 hours.
00:59They kept him in the same position as I'm sitting now.
01:03They didn't even let him close his eyes for 48 hours.
01:06They didn't let him drink water, drink tea, eat or drink anything for 48 hours.
01:12The Indian embassy in Qatar is in touch with Amit's family,
01:15his lawyer and local authorities.
01:17They say they're doing all they can.
01:18But his parents are running out of hope.
01:20He was crying and he said,
01:22I didn't do anything, I told them, I gave them all the details.
01:26These are our contacts, you can find out.
01:28We request the government that we want justice.
01:32If our child has done nothing wrong, then let him go.
01:35And if he has done something wrong, then let him go.
01:38The family has approached the Prime Minister's office for help.
01:41Diplomatic efforts are ongoing, but time is slipping away.