19-yr-old held for trying to scale Parl wall, jumping into premises

A 19-year-old man penetrated deep into Parliament's high-security compound on Friday morning before being apprehended near the Garud Gate, one of the main entrance to the building, officials said.

- Prawesh Lama, Hemani Bhandari

The man,a factory worker from Bhadohiin Uttar Pradesh, climbed atree to scale the perimeter near Iron Gate 3 ~ currently closed - and walked considerable distance through the complex before Central Industrial Security Force personnel spotted him near Garud Gate, officials familiar with the incident said. CISF said he approached the complex at about 5,50am andattempted to scale the perimeter wall, before being intercepted and apprehended near one of the entrances to the new Parliament building's central hall.