Jammu and Kashmir DGP Dilbag Singh said Pakistan is trying to send more JeM and LeT terrorists to Kashmir.
Singh said they have reports of terrorists planning to carry out IED attacks on security forces.
Earlier in the day, two terrorists were gunned down in encounter with security forces in Pulwama.
The gunfight in Pulwama's Bandzoo area also left a CRPF personnel martyred.
The operation was launched on specific input about presence of terrorists in the village.