Indian police are probing an incident in which a group of school boys were filmed pulling a life-threatening stunt.

The children, in a school uniform, are seen in the video standing on the roof of a moving bus holding on only to each other for support.

In a heart-stopping moment they duck together to dodge the overhanging branches of a tree.

The incident was captured in Greater Noida on July 29.

Police said they were tracking down the bus to take further action.

Greater Noida is about 60 kilometres from the Indian capital New Delhi.

Greater Noida police are probing an incident in which a group of school-going boys were filmed pulling a life-threatening stunt.

The children, in a school uniform, are seen standing on the roof of a speeding bus just holding each other for support.

In a heart-stopping moment they duck together to dodge overhanging branches of a tree.

The video was filmed by a passenger in a car, who followed the bus, for some distance. They were riding a private transport bus and not a school vehicle.

A media report noted that the children were risking their lives just to look cool.

After the video went viral, Rahul Shrivatsava a senior official of Uttar Pradesh police shared the video with Noida police and directed them to probe the incident.

“Please immediately take cognisance of it and take strict legal action,” he tweeted.

The Noida police said they were tracking down the bus to take further action.

Greater Noida is about 60 kms from Indian capital New Delhi.