Bought a phone but it locked with icloud account after restore

bought a phone but it locked with icloud account after restore.........i bought it from online market, so cant contact the seller of it.......how can i get seller apple id and password or contact him to activate my phone again......

You cannot
Activation lock is the latest form of anti theft
If you cannot contact the original owner who set the Apple id then the iPhone is a paper weight .
It cannot be activated in any way and the "seller" is the only way you will get the information
Suggest you file a claim on the online auction ,the iPhone was probably stolen

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