A male tiger cub fled from the security enclosure of the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Safari Park in Chakoria upazila of Cox's Bazar on Friday.

The 2-year-old tiger cub could not be captured till Sunday, causing panic among the visitors to the safari park.

Authorities of the park said that the number of visitors has decreased after the incident.

Local sources said, on Friday morning the security workers went into the enclosure for maintenance work. As soon as the door of the cage opened, the tiger cub escaped into the nearby forest.

Rejecting claims of panic, Mazharul Islam Chowdhury, an official of the safari park said, the tiger is still inside the security area and there is no scope for it to go out into the locality.

There is a boundary wall surrounding the earmarked security area for the tigers, he said, adding they were trying to capture it and bring it back to its cage.