SRINAGAR: Amid the coronavirus pandemic, the Jammu Kashmir government revoked on Monday the Public Safety Act (PSA) detention orders against 18 people lodged in three jails in the Union Territory."Of them, 16 are lodged in Central Jail, Srinagar , and one each in Kotbhalwal Jail, Jammu, and Special Jail (Correctional Home), Pulwama," sources said.The number of PSA detainees released after the outbreak of the novel coronavirus is now 65. Last week, the J&K high court had directed the high-powered committee, convened to de-congest jails by releasing prisoners on parole in the wake of the Covid-19 outbreak, to examine allegations that no detainee booked under the Public Safety Act was being considered for parole.Earlier, the committee had maintained that the release of those detained under the PSA did not fall within the guidelines issued by the Supreme Court to decongest jails.The committee is headed by State Legal Services Authority executive chairman Justice Rajesh Bindal and comprises principal secretary (home) Shaleen Kabra and director-general of prisons VK Singh . Currently, former CM Mehbooba Mufti, six top mainstream politicians and others are detained under the PSA. Several other mainstream politicians, including Peoples Conference chairman Sajjad Gani Lone, also continue to be under detention.