Visitors to the Nehru Zoological Park in Hyderabad on Saturday panicked when a white tiger came out of its enclosure.
The zoo officials immediately evicted all visitors from the zoo.
Speaking to mediapersons, the zoo officials allayed the fears of the visitors and said that the tiger had escaped while being shifted from one cage to another on Saturday afternoon.
The officials swung into action and overpowered the tiger by using tranquiliser shots, and put in back in its enclosure.
An inquiry was on to know how the tiger could come out of the enclosure.