KOCHI: An 18 year-old boy has been booked for allegedly trespassing into the naval base here without a proper defence identity card, soon after defence minister Rajnath Singh's visit to Cochin Port on Friday, police said.

''We were informed by the Naval base authorities about an 18-year-old boy trespassing into the naval base at around 9 PM. They handed him over, along with their report,'' Harbour police told PTI.

Singh had arrived here on June 25 to review the construction progress of India's first indigenous Aircraft Carrier, at Ernakulam wharf of Cochin Port.

Meanwhile, defence authorities said a boy in his late teens tried to enter the Naval Base through the gate without a proper Defence Identity Card.

Kalidas Vatsan (18), a native of Chirayankeezhu in Thiruvananthapuram, entered the high-security naval base. He was released on bail after being found not to have arrived maliciously.

The guard on duty held him and handed him to his superior.

After preliminary investigation and ascertaining facts by the Naval Police, the boy was handed over to Harbour Police Station for further necessary action as deemed fit as per relevant procedures,'' the Navy said in a statement, adding that there was ''no security lapse'' at the gate.

Police recorded the arrest and said on preliminary interrogation, the teenager said he wanted to join the Armed forces.

He didn't get selected in the Army Recruitment in January. He was especially sad after his friends got the job. He left for Kochi after lying to his mother that he got the job in the Army.

The teenager bought a dress similar to the army uniform from Thiruvananthapuram. He was staying at his uncle's house in Thripunithura. He also told his uncle that he had got a job in the army. Kalidas reached the naval base on his uncle's bike after telling him that he is going to the canteen there, The police told him the seriousness of the matter in the presence of his mother. The police also wished him luck to become an army officer like he wished.