The officer risked his life to take the 10kg bomb away from the school after learning there wasn't a bomb squad immediately available to respond to the incident.

“Since it was a residential area and a school compound, my only aim was to carry the bomb as far away as possible from there,” the officer said, NDTV reports.

“We have learnt during our training that had it exploded, it would have damaged 500 metres of the surrounding area.”