Shimla, March 8 -- Tension prevailed in a village in Himachal's Bilaspur district on Saturday after a five-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a 15-year-old minor boy belonging to a particular community.

Police arrested the accused on Saturday and booked him under relevant sections of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act. The detained accused has also undergone a medical examination. The process of presenting the accused before the competent court is underway.

The incident took place on Friday. It was alleged that the minor boy took the small girl to the fields and raped her, the police said. As the news spread, a crowd gathered and vandalised the house of the accused.

The doors, windows, and glass of the house were...