Dhaka, May 20 -- A Sirajganj court has sentenced six individuals to death for the abduction and murder of a vegetable seller in 2017.

Senior District and Sessions Judge M Ali Ahmed delivered the verdict in the absence of the accused on Tuesday, according to bench clerk Manowarul Islam.

The six men sentenced to death are Khaja Mia, Md Bashu, Md Enamul, Md Mojahid, Saidul Islam, and Milon Sarker.

The victim, Nazmul Islam, hailed from Kismat Kasba village in Naogaon Sadar Upazila. His body was discovered on August 12, 2017, near the Hatikumrul roundabout in Salanga, Sirajganj.

According to case files, Nazmul had purchased vegetables from Chargauri Hat in Naogaon on August 10 and sold them in Dhaka's Baipail. Around 3 a.m. the next day, h...