Lucknow, April 25 -- Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday slammed the BJP government over crimes against women following the death of a minor girl in Ghazipur, Uttar Pradesh.

A minor girl who went missing on April 14 from a village in Uttar Pradesh's Ghazipur was found dead near a bridge over the Ganga River on April 15.

Addressing a press conference in Lucknow, Akhilesh Yadav also accused the BJP of pressurising the victim's father.

He said, "The police officers and the BJP leaders tried to pressurise the father. I also shared the video. They were trying to convince the father. Wherever sorrow or suffering has occurred, the Samajwadi Party has always stood by. Uttar Pradesh has the worst numbers of atrocities against ...