New Delhi, Aug. 23 -- 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.

The man, a factory worker from Bhadohi in Uttar Pradesh, climbed a tree 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 5.50 am and attempted to scalethe perimeter wall, before being intercepted and apprehended near one of the entrances to the new Parliament building's central hall.

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