Pachaee Pakiry, mother of injured prison inmate Chandran Muniandy, claimed that her son nodded when she asked him today whether he had been beaten-up in prison.

Chandran also nodded when asked if his toenails were pulled out in prison, Pachaee said.

Chandran, 42, an odd-job worker, is currently awake after being unconscious since he was warded in the Seberang Jaya Hospital on Feb 8.