Six men accused of robbery in the new dress — short-sleeve t-shirt and shorts — at the Antop Hill police station in Mumbai. (Express photo) When six robbery suspects appeared before the media at Antop Hill police station recently, something unusual caught everyone’s attention: all were dressed identically in maroon short-sleeved t-shirts and black shorts. The matching outfits weren’t for show: they are Mumbai Police’s latest measure to prevent suicides by prisoners in police custody; a new uniform for any accused who lands in a police lock-up. With over 54 deaths recorded in police custody or remand in Maharashtra between 2020 and 2023, one of the highest in the country, Mumbai Police have turned to an unlikely preventive measure: take away the most common instrument of suicide, which is the detainees’ own clothing. The new uniform is stark in its simplicity: a maroon short-sleeved t-shirt and black shorts. No long sleeves to make a noose. No pant legs to fashion into a rope.…