India, April 30 -- One of the four Asiatic lion cubs born at the Delhi Zoo last Sunday has died due to physical complications, while another is under veterinary care and is being hand-reared, officials said on Tuesday.

The remaining two cubs are in good health, they added.

The cubs were born to a five-year-old Asiatic lioness, Mahagauri, and her male counterpart Maheshwar, five, in the first successful breeding of the species at the zoo since 2009.

"The cub which was born last died in the early hours of Monday. The cub was underdeveloped," said zoo director Sanjeet Kumar. Later in the evening, another cub was hospitalised as it showed signs of weak health, he added.

"The cub's condition was unstable and it was shifted for hand-rearing...