The four accused were held by Gujarat's Anti-Terrorist Squad on May 12 - nearly three decades after the March 12, 1993 terror outrage which left 257 died and over 700 others injured.
Abu Bakar, Saiyad Qureshi, Mohammad Shoeb Qureshi alias Shoeb Bawa and Mohammad Yusuf Ismail alias Yusuf Bhatka, all residents of Mumbai, were on the run for 29 years.
Maharashtra Minorities Affairs Minister Nawab Malik was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday, 23 February, in connection with a money laundering case involving gangster Dawood Ibrahim.